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GeniPhys Inc., a life sciences company focused on developing and commercializing a proprietary biopolymer technology developed in Purdue University professor Sherry Harbins laboratory, has been awarded a two-year, $974,349 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Science Foundation.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — With the exception of Mister Ed of television sitcom fame, horses can’t talk with humans about health issues.

With the exception of Mister Ed of television sitcom fame, horses can't talk with humans about health issues. ...

Scientists at an American University converted standard horse wear into an e-textile, enabling monitoring of key vital signs.

With the exception of Mister Ed of television sitcom fame, horses can’t talk with humans about health issues. Now, a first-of-its-kind horse slicker with a specially designed liner could be able to “tell” the horse’s human caregivers of increasing chronic diseases. A new study by Purdue Universi

"Remote monitoring opens the possibility of sending vital information to the veterinarian to help make timely and informed treatment decisions."

Professors Chi Hwan Lee (right) and Laurent Couëtil (left) chat while observing a cardiac, respiratory and muscular test on a horse named Leila at

With the exception of Mister Ed of television sitcom fame, horses can’t talk with humans about health issues.

Have you ever wanted to change something about yourself? Maybe you don’t like your nose, or you wish you were a little taller? Countless science fiction tales deal with the technological altering of one’s body in order to adhere to an aesthetic ideal. In the real world, an entire medical industry has cropped up to service those individuals who want to change the way they look.

Three Purdue faculty members – Mingji Dai, Haley Oliver and Yuan Yao – have been appointed as Showalter Faculty Scholars. As of July, they joined 11 additional Showalter Scholars appointed in prior years at Purdue West Lafayette.