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Nanosys And Harvard License Medical Nanotech

by Ann M. Thayer
March 2, 2009 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 87, Issue 9

Nanosys and Harvard University's Office of Technology Development have licensed nanowire-related technology to Vista Therapeutics. In return, Harvard and Nanosys earned equity positions in Vista and will receive license and royalty payments. Vista is developing nanowire-based biosensors for the real-time detection of biomarkers associated with organ and tissue damage. Like Nanosys, Vista is a Harvard spin-off company that includes chemistry professor Charles Lieber among its founders.

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