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Purdue-affiliated Life Sciences Startup Wins Prize

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LoDos Theranostics LLC, a Purdue-affiliated life sciences startup, received the first-place prize at the New Venture Competition hosted by BioCrossroads.
Rachel Kim, an MBA graduate from MIT Sloan, and You-Yeon Won, professor of chemical engineering, co-founded LoDos Theranostics to develop radio luminescence therapy.

You-Yeon Won, professor of chemical engineering, and Rachel Kim, an MBA graduate from MIT Sloan, co-founded LoDos Theranostics to develop radio luminescence therapy. This technology is a nanoparticle ultraviolet radiation technique that enhances the destruction of deep tissue cancerous tumors.