University of Utah research keeps spinning out the spin-offs – 23 new firms join dozens of others created in past three years.

There was a time on major university campuses when researchers toiled in the lab, wrote scientific papers, won praise from students and colleagues, and were awarded tenure. What they discovered seldom reached the public.

Then, says University of Utah entrepreneurial specialist Glenn Prestwich, campus leaders decided "we had better start companies" to get that technology into the marketplace.

"Otherwise, the stuff will just stay at the bench. We’ll have brilliant publications, but nothing will change in health care."

University of Utah Technology Commercialization Office http://www.tco.utah.edu/

By John Keahey

The Salt Lake Tribune

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