The University of Tennessee Health Science Center

01/22/2026 | News release | Distributed by Public on 01/22/2026 11:43

UTHSC News: How a UT Mentor-Student Partnership Sparked a Rising East Tennessee Biotech Company

When Trey Fisher, PhD, walked into the vascular biology lab led by Deidra Mountain, PhD, at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine - Knoxville more than a decade ago, he was a graduate student looking for a scientific challenge.

He found one, and something more: the beginnings of a partnership that would one day spark a promising East Tennessee biotechnology company.

Read more on the UT Health Sciences News website.

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