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In this blog post he takes a tongue-in-cheek approach to give advice to investigators who are considering whether to leave academia to join a startup built around their discoveries. [Read More](https://blog.innovation.pitt.edu/new-blog/http/blog.innovation.pitt.edu/hufford) ## [Pitt Licenses Mitochondria Targeting Compounds](https://blog.innovation.pitt.edu/new-blog/pitt-licenses-mitochondria-targeting-compounds) Matt Kesinger stands outside the offices of Forest Devices in Pittsburgh’s along Fifth Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Uptown neighborhood with the company’s prototype stroke diagnosis device strapped to his shoulder. [Read More](https://blog.innovation.pitt.edu/new-blog/pitt-licenses-mitochondria-targeting-compounds) ## [Blast Furnace Fellows Teams on Way to Launching Startups](https://blog.innovation.pitt.edu/new-blog/blast-furnace-fellows-teams-on-way-to-launching-startups) A potential treatment for preventing fibrosis following a heart attack and for inhibiting the cell signaling that triggers cancer metastasis; a technology platform to prevent the buildup of biological materials, or foulants, on surfaces such as medical implants; and novel biological and chemical sensors based on carbon nanomaterials, have been selected as recipients of the Chancellor’s Innovation Commercialization Funds. [Read More](https://blog.innovation.pitt.edu/new-blog/blast-furnace-fellows-teams-on-way-to-launching-startups) ## [AlphaLab Gear Retools its Hardware Startup Accelerator](https://blog.innovation.pitt.edu/new-blog/alphalab-gear-retools-its-hardware-startup-accelerator) A potential treatment for preventing fibrosis following a heart attack and for inhibiting the cell signaling that triggers cancer metastasis; a technology platform to prevent the buildup of biological materials, or foulants, on surfaces such as medical implants; and novel biological and chemical sensors based on carbon nanomaterials, have been selected as recipients of the Chancellor’s Innovation Commercialization Funds. 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