DETROIT ? The U.S.-Dutch Mass Spectrometry Consortium for advanced biological structure and imaging applications, led by Wayne State University Professor Mary Rodgers, has been awarded a $2.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation. This five-year grant is a unique multicultural collaboration, which includes ten U.S. researchers from nine universities and researchers from two Netherlands-based
LANSING - As opponents to Michigan's 1996 law granting broad-based immunity to drug manufacturers continue efforts to win passage of HB 4044 , HB 4045 and HB 4046 in the Senate, the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Monday he did not see any conditions right now under which he would hold hearings on
MADISON, Wis. - In the quest to treat difficult diseases, researchers have created human embryonic stem cells without destroying embryos or using hard-to-get eggs. The technique may prove to be easier, cheaper, and more ethically appealing than an alternative approach that requires cloning. Two separate teams of researchers say they have sidestepped the cloning method
LANSING - The Michigan House Judiciary Committee discussed legislation allowing individuals using in vitro fertilization the option of donating their unused embryos for stem cell research while also increasing the penalties for human cloning, but most of those who testified over the course of nearly five hours voiced their opposition to or support for the
CLEVELAND - Midwest health care startups reported a record-breaking $1 billion in total investments for 104 companies through the third quarter of 2007, according to the BioEnterprise Midwest Health Care Venture Investment Report. The previous full-year record for Midwest health care companies was $783 million in 2006. Ohio and Minnesota led all Midwestern states in
ANN ARBOR - NanoBio Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company, announced Tuesday it has hired Joyce Sutcliffe, Ph.D., as vice president of research. She previously was chief research scientist for Rib-X Pharmaceuticals. Sutcliffe brings 26 years of experience in the discovery and design of new antibiotics, with particular emphasis on understanding and overcoming antibiotic resistance. During her
LANSING - James Greenwood, president and CEO of Bio, the national biotechnology trade group, says Michigan's traditional strengths - manufacturing and agriculture - could stand the state well in its efforts to develop more biotechnology companies. Greenwood was a keynote speaker in October at MichBio, the state's life sciences trade association expo at the Lansing
ANN ARBOR ? Life sciences trade association MichBio announced Thursday that it had formed a new Biotechnology Legislative Caucus during its annual Expo & Conference being held this week in Lansing. The Biotechnology Legislative Caucus is a bipartisan, bicameral body whose membership is open to any interested legislators. The BLC?s leadership group includes Reps. Hildenbrand
LANSING - A report from a panel created to study the feasibility of branding the metro Detroit area's efforts in health research and education said doing so could help promote economic development. The 18-member panel, jointly created by the Detroit Regional Chamber, Detroit Renaissance and the state, called for a number of steps to be
ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan and Ann Arbor SPARK said on Monday they plan to fill a former Pfizer facility with U-M researchers and four life sciences startups ? the first tenants of a new wet lab incubator. Wet labs, highly sophisticated, climate-controlled, specially ventilated research facilities, are far more expensive than typical