GRAND RAPIDS - New findings from Van Andel Research Institute scientists could lead to environmentally-friendly sprays that help plants survive drought and other stresses in harsh environments to combat global food shortages. The study is a follow-up to findings published in Nature last year that were named among the top breakthroughs of 2009 by Science
GRAND RAPIDS ? Van Andel Research Institute scientists participated in a study with researchers from the University of Utah that could help find ways to improve shunt systems used to treat the neurological disorder hydrocephalus, or "water on the brain," the leading cause of brain surgery for children in the United States. Researchers studied the
DETROIT- Asterand, a leading provider of human tissue and human tissue-based research services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies engaged in drug discovery research, announced that its subsidiary BioSeek, a pioneer in the application of predictive human biology to drug discovery, has signed a two-year agreement with Cellzome. Under the agreement, BioSeek will apply its unique
DETROIT - Linda Lewandowski, Ph.D., R.N., Elizabeth Schotanus associate professor of Pediatric Nursing at Wayne State University and Children's Hospital of Michigan, and assistant dean of Family, Community and Mental Health in WSU's College of Nursing, received $281,633 grant from the U.S.Department of Health and Human Services, part of the $130.8 million in grants funded
DETROIT - Many a researcher starting a biotech company has been lost in a maze of bureaucracy when applying for federal appropriations to fund their great idea. Jon Kozesky, a government affairs expert from Cleveland-based G2G Consulting, has the tips and experience to lead you out of the dead ends and onto the right path.
GRAND RAPIDS - Small biotechnology firms will be gaining new support in the state of Michigan. A New Therapeutic Discovery tax credit, created under the Affordable Care Act, will support research with potential to produce new therapies, create high-quality jobs for the state. The biotechnology industry employs 1.3 million Michigan workers, and the industry continues
DETROIT - Tej K. Mattoo, M.D., professor and chief of Pediatric Nephrology at Wayne State University's School of Medicine and Children's Hospital of Michigan, recently received more than $1.7 million from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health to continue the project, Primary Vesicoureteral Reflux in
ANN ARBOR ? NanoBio Corporation announced Tuesday that it has been awarded a seventh U.S. patent covering its novel nanoemulsion technology. The new claims encompass methods of treating Herpes Simplex I infections, including herpes labialis (commonly referred to as cold sores), using NanoBio's proprietary anti-infective nanoemulsion product candidates. This new patent covers NanoBio?s NB-001, a
ANN ARBOR - University of Michigan analytical chemist Robert T. Kennedy is one of four scientists selected to receive the 2010 Technological Innovations in Neuroscience Award from the McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience. Kennedy, who is the Hobart H. Willard Professor of Chemistry and a professor of pharmacology, will receive $200,000 over two years to
ANN ARBOR ? The University of Michigan said Wednesday it plans to lease 4,300 square feet of lab space to a startup chemical products company that was developed up the road in East Lansing ? making BoroPharm Inc. the first commercial tenant of the 174-acre ex-Pfizer campus that was acquired by the U-M in June