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How a Duke Professor and Two Duke Ph.D.s are Building an AI Drug Discovery Start-Up

Duke Professor Bruce Donald and his former students are combining computer science, structural biology, and an entrepreneurial spirit to design new drugs at Ten63 Therapeutics.

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Associate Spotlight: Blair Willette

Recent Duke Pharmacology Ph.D. graduate Dr. Blair Willette reflects on her time as a Life Sciences Associate at Duke Capital Partners.

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How the Partnership of a Duke Ph.D. and a Professor Led to Multiple Medical Device Start-Ups

Biomedical engineer Cambre Kelly is developing solutions for orthopedic surgeons through multiple companies co-founded with her thesis advisor, Duke Professor Ken Gall.

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Sparta Biomedical selected to MedTech Innovator 2023 Accelerator Cohort

Sparta Biomedical, a Duke start-up and Duke Capital Partners portfolio company, joins the world's largest medtech accelerator

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Custom surgical implant startup using AI lands 96 investors for $12M in new cash – WRALTechWire

restor3d is a Duke University orthopedic medical device start-up spun out of the lab of Professor Ken Gall (MEMS, Pratt).

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Duke Surgical Resident is Building a Medical Device Company

Muath Bishawi M.D. Ph.D reflects on his innovation journey as his start-up, Lacuna Medical, receives seed financing led by Duke Capital Partners

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