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Rice-led research to develop first regenerative therapy for lymphedema receives up to $18.2M federal award
Press Release
– March 5, 2026
Omid Veiseh inducted into the 2025 Class of AIMBE College of Fellows
Rice News –
Uncategorized
– April 12, 2025
Rice’s Veiseh elected to the National Academy of Inventors
Rice News –
Uncategorized
– April 12, 2025
Rice’s Biotech Launch Pad to lead commercialization of bioelectrical implant treatment for obesity, Type 2 diabetes
Rice News –
Uncategorized
– April 12, 2025
Rice’s Omid Veiseh elected to the Controlled Release Society College of Fellows
Rice News –
Uncategorized
– July 10, 2024
Rice Biotech Launch Pad announces rechargeable oxygenator in development to improve cell-based therapies
Press Release
– November 9, 2023
Feds fund $45M Rice-led research that could slash US cancer deaths by 50%
Rice News –
Uncategorized
– October 3, 2023
Rice Biotech Launch Pad accelerator aims to rapidly turn medical and health discoveries into cures
Rice News –
Uncategorized
– October 3, 2023
Study unlocks potential breakthrough in Type 1 diabetes treatment
Rice News –
Press Release
– May 8, 2023
Fats help tag medical implants as friend or foe
Rice News –
Press Release
– March 16, 2023
This Fake Skin Fools Mosquitoes—to Fight the Diseases They Spread
WIRED –
In The News
– February 13, 2023
‘Drug factory’ implants eliminate mesothelioma tumors in mice
Rice University News & Media –
In The News
– August 22, 2022
Cancer fighting ‘drug factories’ show promise in fighting mesothelioma
YouTube –
In The News
– August 22, 2022
Rice, Baylor developing implants to heal heart attack injuries
Rice University News & Media –
In The News
– August 8, 2022
Rice lab’s ‘drug factory’ implants cleared for human trials
Rice University News & Media –
In The News
– August 3, 2022
Bioengineers at Rice Tackle Ovarian and Colorectal Cancer
YouTube –
In The News
– March 4, 2022
Engineered retinal cells stare daggers at peritoneal tumors
BioWorld –
In The News
– March 4, 2022
Implanted ‘Drug Factory’ Wipes Out Cancers in Mice — Could It Help People?
U.S. News & World Reports –
In The News
– March 3, 2022
‘Drug factory’ implants eliminate ovarian, colorectal cancer in mice
Rice News –
Press Release
– March 2, 2022
Avenge Bio Announces Closing of $45 Million Series A Financing
PR News Wire –
Press Release
– January 14, 2022
Startup Avenge Bio nabs $45M for novel cell therapy approach to ovarian cancer
MedCity News –
In The News
– January 14, 2022
Taking notes from MD Anderson and Rice University, Avenge Bio uncloaks with $45M and a slate of immunotherapies
Endpoints News –
In The News
– January 14, 2022
Rice team creating insulin-producing implant for Type 1 diabetes
Rice University News & Media –
In The News
– July 29, 2021
Roughness of Silicone Implants Provokes Immune Response
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News –
In The News
– June 30, 2021
How the surfaces of silicone breast implants affect the immune system
MIT News –
In The News
– June 30, 2021
Study examines how breast implant surfaces affect immune response
Rice News –
In The News
– June 30, 2021
This Implant Could One Day Control Your Sleep and Wake Cycles
Smithsonian Magazine –
In The News
– June 30, 2021
Rice University is working on an implantable device to help shake off jet lag
Houston Chronicle –
In The News
– June 30, 2021
Rice engineers set sights on implantable ‘living pharmacy’
Rice News –
In The News
– June 30, 2021
Alginate Biomaterial Evades Immune System to Enhance Stem Cell Therapy
Medgadget –
In The News
– August 21, 2020
Stem cell capsules could help people recover from heart damage
Yahoo Finance –
In The News
– August 21, 2020
Student Spotlight: Amanda Nash is developing cutting-edge drug delivery processes
In The News
– August 20, 2020
Heart attack damage reduced by shielded stem cells
In The News
– August 20, 2020
Coating on Capsules Next Step in Creating Insulin-Producing Factories
JDRF Blog, Latest in Encapsulation –
In The News
– April 13, 2020
‘Smart’ wound-healing patch: DARPA awards $22 million grant
Team combining AI, bioelectronics, regenerative medicine to regrow muscle tissue –
In The News
– March 12, 2020
Veiseh Lab member receives travel award
In The News
– December 21, 2018
Veiseh lab member awarded NRSA Fellowship
Manuela Sushnitha wins Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Fellowship –
In The News
– November 27, 2018
Rice U. pursues end game for diabetes
National Institutes of Health supports effort to advance cell implants that make insulin on demand –
In The News
– October 9, 2018
This is how you leave academics, start a company, and then come back again
STAT –
In The News
– July 19, 2018
“Living drug factories” may one day replace injections, Sigilon Therapeutics research highlighted by MIT News
MIT News Office –
In The News
– May 18, 2018
Rice wins award to recruit cancer researcher – $2 million CPRIT grant aims to bring MIT researcher Omid Veiseh to Houston
Rice University Department of Bioengineering –
In The News
– July 1, 2017
Flagship Pioneering launches Sigilon Therapeutics to advance Afibromer™ encapsulated cell therapies
The New York Times –
In The News
– June 21, 2017
Dr. Veiseh interviewed by the Boston Globe, his thoughts on improving funding for young investigators
Boston Globe –
In The News
– June 7, 2017
The 2017 MedTech Boston 40 under 40 Healthcare Innovators
MedTech Boston –
In The News
– April 19, 2017
Researchers team up to speed encapsulation progress
JDRF –
In The News
– March 24, 2017
Dr. Veiseh interviewed by Nature, Diabetes: Encapsulating the problem
Nature –
In The News
– December 8, 2016
Encapsulating islets: Big hope in small packages
Joslin Diabetes Center –
In The News
– March 23, 2016
Science seen: Stealthy beta cell transplants for diabetes
Boston Children's Hospital, Vector –
In The News
– March 4, 2016
Scientists make breakthrough in controlling Type 1 Diabetes
Mental Floss –
In The News
– February 3, 2016
New transplant technique might free Type 1 Diabetics from daily injections
U.S. News & World Report –
In The News
– January 27, 2016
Scientists believe they’re close to a cure for Type 1 Diabetes
New York Post –
In The News
– January 25, 2016
Encapsulated stem cells halt Type 1 Diabetes in mice for six months
JDRF –
In The News
– January 25, 2016
Cell therapy in protective bubble offers hope for diabetes fix
STAT –
In The News
– January 25, 2016
Researchers show novel material encapsulated human islet cells can halt Type 1 Diabetes for six months
Cision, PR Newswire –
In The News
– January 25, 2016
Potential diabetes treatment advances
Harvard Gazette –
In The News
– January 25, 2016
Harvard and MIT close to ‘cure’ for Type 1 Diabetes which will end daily injections
The Telegraph –
In The News
– January 25, 2016
No more insulin injections?
MIT News –
In The News
– January 25, 2016
A modern day Thomas Edison
Fox News –
In The News
– December 13, 2015
Image of the day: Candy Shell
The Scientist –
In The News
– November 18, 2015
Robert Langer, top MIT biomedical engineer and father of 30 companies, on how to launch a successful biotech company
In The News
– October 14, 2015
With medical implants, design is a matter of life and death
Fast Company –
In The News
– May 20, 2015
JDRF-supported researchers make gains in designing islet cell encapsulation materials for use in Type 1 Diabetes therapies
JDRF –
In The News
– May 18, 2015
Designing better medical implants
MIT News –
In The News
– May 8, 2015
Taking technology from the lab to the patient
MIT News –
In The News
– February 17, 2015
A pancreas in a capsule
MIT Technology Review –
In The News
– February 12, 2015
Masters of disguise: Stealthy spheres and clever camouflage
Koch Institute Public Galleries –
In The News
– February 9, 2015
Scientists you must know: Robert Langer
ChemHeritage –
In The News
– August 22, 2014
Sushi implant: Seaweed-encapsulated cells for treating diabetes
Koch Institute Public Galleries –
In The News
– March 22, 2013
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