KALAMAZOO ? Rob DeWitt, president and CEO of the Southwest Michigan Innovation Center, said he?s using the Internet to reach out to the life sciences industry to present a virtual visit to SMIC on its 10th anniversary. On Oct. 9, SMIC will host ?Leading Life Sciences: A Virtual Visit,? an online exploration of the incubator,
GRANDVILLE - BioLife Plasma Services is breaking ground on a third West Michigan plasma collection center In an effort to better serve patients who rely on the lifesaving therapies processed from donated human plasma. A subsidiary of Baxter Healthcare Corporation, BioLife Plasma Services is an industry leader in operating high-quality plasma donation centers throughout the
TRAVERSE CITY ? A new survey by the Ponemon Institute concludes medical identity theft and family fraud are on the rise, with the number of victims affected up 20 percent within the last year alone. The survey, sponsored by the Medical Identity Fraud Alliance with support from ID Experts, finds that medical identity theft affects
MIDLAND - Michigan Molecular Institute Research Scientist Patrick Smith was included in the 2013 class of American Chemical Society Fellows at a ceremony Monday in Indianapolis. The designation of ACS Fellow puts Smith, 63, in rarified air for an organization whose membership tops 163,000 globally; less than one percent are awarded the prestigious honor, according
GRAND RAPIDS - Michigan Health Connect, the state's largest health information exchange, and Michiana Health Information Network, one of the most mature HIEs in the nation serving healthcare providers in Indiana and Michigan, have announced a partnership to share information vital to patient health. ?This connection to Michigan Health Connect allows important health information to
GRAND RAPIDS - Researchers from Michigan State University, Van Andel Institute and Sweden are closer to developing new drugs that target Parkinson's disease. The researchers have shown significant associations between high levels of pro-inflammatory markers in cerebrospinal fluid and severity of fatigue, depression, anxiety and cognitive impairment in individuals with Parkinson?s disease. ?We hypothesized that
DEARBORN - Henry Ford Community College's biotechnology program has received a $100,000 grant from the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan to help the college make nanotechnology and microsystems training available for community college students. The grant seeds a partnership between HFCC?s biotechnology program, the University of Michigan Lurie Nanofabrication Facility, the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network
KALAMAZOO - Kalamazoo Valley Community College announced the selection of a downtown location where it will expand its curriculum to include training in sustainable food production, distribution and preparation; all part of the college?s efforts to increase community understanding of and access to healthy food and nutrition. The program is in partnership with Bronson Healthcare
GRAND RAPIDS - Van Andel Institute researchers have mapped the complex molecular structure of a folate receptor, a drug target for a number of cancers and other diseases, a first-of-its-kind discovery that may lead to the development of more precise, consistent and effective treatments. In an international collaboration published online this week in the journal
DETROIT - Wayne State University announced Thursday two research grants totaling $1.8 million in the Multidisciplinary Research Group Incubator Program, an internal funding program at the university. The seed-funding program is aimed at fostering the development of multidisciplinary research groups with significant growth potential for external funding through centers of excellence grant programs, program project