The SCRA-USC Innovation Center in Columbia houses the University of South Carolina’s McNAIR Center for Aerospace Innovation and Research. Over the past year, the Center has nearly doubled in size.

Neuroene Therapeutics is a biotechnology company developing novel therapies for neurological diseases. The company has discovered a new Vitamin K-based therapeutic that will target difficult-to-treat neurological diseases such as Epilepsy, Parkinson’s Disease and Mitochondrial Disease.

Zeriscope is a Mobile Telemedicine Platform provider. The company has developed a cost-effective, portable telemedicine exam kit and HIPAA-compliant software platform

Founded in 2007 based on research from MUSC, FirstString Research is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to delivering breakthrough solutions for inflammation and injury based medical conditions.

For cancer patients the clock is ticking. KIYATEC is working to eliminate time spent on ineffective treatments by using 3D cell culture to individualize each patient’s cancer treatments based on their own live cancer cells.