1.   Besides the economic aspects, Neaves said, commercializing discoveries is crucial to getting those discoveries out to where they can help people.

2.   However, the researchers must negotiate with the University of Wisconsin if they want to commercialize discoveries stemming from their research on embryonic stem cells.

3.   Kansas City must develop a for-profit entity to commercialize discoveries that come from biomedical research, the head of the recently opened Stowers Institute for Medical Research said Tuesday.

4.   Others are between companies and university researchers, or the small start-up ventures often set up to commercialize some discovery made on campus.

5.   Some have been started by researchers who struck out on their own, backed by investors, to commercialize discoveries made in university laboratories.