ANN ARBOR - MichBio is launching a new biopartnering service as a benefit to our members. Many companies, especially emerging ones, don't have the resources to attend every licensing/business development and partnering meeting. So we've teamed up with our Preferred Provider, Pharmacision, to launch a FREE biopartnering service to our member companies for the BIO
DETROIT - Robert Alan Frank, M.D., has been appointed chief medical officer of the Wayne State University Physician Group and vice dean for clinical affairs at the Wayne State University School of Medicine. Dr. Frank, a cardiothoracic surgeon, will begin July 1. He has held several positions at the Ochsner Medical Center's West Bank campus
DETROIT - The Michigan Area Health Education Center program, established to recruit, train and retain a diverse health care workforce in the state, has received a $750,000 grant from the Kresge Foundation in support of its efforts. The Wayne State University School of Medicine and College of Nursing received an initial federal grant in fall
LANSING - Universities should not be required to report to the Legislature on their embryonic stem cell research, Governor Rick Snyder said at an event Monday. Both legislative chambers have so far supported the language, but Snyder indicated he thought it would at least violate voters' intent in allowing the research. "We need to focus
ANN ARBOR - NanoBio Corporation Wednesday announced a licensing agreement with the University of Michigan that provides NanoBio with rights to an antigen that has been shown to prevent urinary tract infections following intranasal vaccination. Through the agreement, NanoBio gains access to an antigen that University of Michigan researchers have shown can prevent recurring UTIs
WARREN - As we move ahead into the New Year, escalating health care costs continue to remain an issue of great concern for many organizations. Rising health care costs are inevitable as the total health benefit cost per employee has risen by approximately 6 percent annually for the past five years. And as the need
DETROIT - What will the Michigan innovation, life sciences, clean energy, transportation and information technology landscape look like 20 years from now? Will the area have emerged as an even bigger player in university and corporate research, or a major factor at all in areas like venture financing and entrepreneurial activity - and, if so,
DETROIT ? Human tissue bank Asterand and its subsidiary BioSeek announced that the United States Patent Office has issued a patent to cover key methods and applications of the company's BioMAP Systems technology. Patent 7,908,089 relates to BioMAP and its use for the classification of clinical patient tissue specimens according to the physiological status of
GRAND RAPIDS - Gentel Biosciences and Van Andel Research Institute announced Friday they have been granted U.S. Patent 7,838,634 for a new screening tool that could will help provide early detection of certain types of cancers. The patent provides for a new method to profile changes in the glycosylation of proteins captured on the surface
KALAMAZOO - NephRx Corporation Tuesday announced it was issued a U.S. patent for its peptide NX002 currently in preclinical development for the treatment of oral mucositis - a debilitating and often dose-limiting condition that affects more than 400,000 cancer patients who receive chemotherapy or radiation therapy in the United States each year. Current treatment options