ANN ARBOR - University of Michigan scientists and engineers have been awarded 159 federal stimulus-package research grants to date, totaling $61.1 million, including 113 National Institutes of Health stimulus awards, more than any other U.S. university or college. Stimulus funds from the NIH, the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy will support a
AUBURN HILLS - Plex Systems is not just an ERP system for auto OEMs and parts makers. The Software As A Service provider also is working with medical device manufacturers in the health care industry. To learn more, listen to this Plex Systems edition of Newsmaker Interview. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com a>>
LANSING - Rep. George Cushingberry Jr. (D-Detroit) is floating a proposal that he says could save the state budget $2 billion while both addressing the problem of uncompensated care and access to health care. Cushingberry said he is pitching his proposal as legislative leaders and the governor work out 2009-10 budget targets, but the savings
ANN ARBOR - HandyLab announced Tuesday that it has expanded its collaborative partnership with Manchester, UK-based DxS by signing a broader licensing agreement for the DxS Scorpions amplification technology enhancing the company's focus in the in-vitro diagnostics marketplace.>
LANSING - Legislation to fill in the gaps left with the passage of a constitutional proposal to permit embryonic stem cell research, which would include regulations and penalties for violations of confidentiality and other issues, Sen. Tom George (R-Kalamazoo) announced Thursday. George was one of the more public opponents of the embryonic stem cell issue,
LANSING - While many have said they expect the University Research Corridor to soar to new heights with Jeff Mason at the helm as its first executive director, that talk, and even a challenging economy, hasn't rattled him, he said in an interview on Friday. "I don't really look at the expectations as pressure," said
GRAND RAPIDS - The West Michigan Science & Technology Initiative's fifth annual Life Science Business Showcase on April 23 will feature more than 30 life science and medical device companies, inventors and entrepreneurs from across the region, exhibiting their innovation and successes in the life science industry. Registration deadline is April 17. No other event
LANSING - For the second time in as long as Democrats have controlled the House, legislation repealing state lawsuit protections for pharmaceutical companies has been passed. But a measure allowing residents harmed by a drug since 1996, when the protection was enacted, to retroactively sue saw the narrowest support in the chamber. Eleven Democrats joined
DETROIT - IDG's Computerworld Magazine has honored Janet MacQueen, vice president and chief information officer of Blue Care Network of Michigan, for her outstanding achievements in the field of information technology. Computerworld Magazine selected MacQueen from more than 1,000 nominations as one of the nation�'s Premier 100 IT Leaders for 2009. "I am very honored
LANSING - The health care system of Michigan as well as the entire nation needs to be completely restructured to focus first on individual wellness practices, social structures that reinforce individual practices and the infrastructure of the health care system, former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich told the Senate Health Policy Committee. After doing that,