ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan has received 13 federal stimulus grants worth $6.8 million for stem cell research - a sign of the state's growing clout since voters last year eased restrictions in the emerging field that seeks treatments and cures for numerous diseases. The Ann Arbor university released the findings Thursday after
ANN ARBOR - The public is invited to submit questions that will be included in a two-part tweet chat about H1N1/Swine flu from 10 am to noon Oct. 22 on Twitter. Sandro Cinti, M.D., an infectious disease expert at the University of Michigan Health System and VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, will answer questions during
DETROIT - Michigan will host more than 1,200 researchers, scientists, government officials and life science company representatives next October as the sixth annual World Stem Cell Summit comes to Detroit. The announcement was made Thursday by Gov. Jennifer Granholm at a press conference at the Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center. The conference will be held at
KALAMAZOO - MichBio will bring its 2009 Expo to the Radisson Plaza Hotel November 3-4. The MichBio Expo is the largest single gathering of bioscience professionals in the state attracting more than 500 biosciences professionals and service providers, and more than 60 exhibitors last year. This year's two-day program offers an opportunity for new and
GRAND RAPIDS - The 2009 annual Healthcare Information Management Systems Society Midwest conference will be held at Amway Grand Plaza November 2 - 3 to focus on the role and responsibility of healthcare IT within the federal stimulus reform. Industry leaders will discuss the incorporation of healthcare IT provisions in the legislation and the impact
GRANDVILLE - Technology Integration Company Trivalent Group will host a pair of free workshops that will show companies how to capture funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for electronic health records initatives. The free workshops are open to the business and medical community and will be held at Trivalent's Grandville headquarters, 3145 Prairie
DETROIT - Wayne State University officials announced today an expansion of a research grant of nearly $2.7 million, bringing the total award to over $6.1 million. This project, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health at the National Institutes of Health, is the first combined imaging and genetics research study on obsessive-compulsive disorder. The
GRAND RAPIDS - Van Andel Research Institute researchers are one step closer to finding new ways to treat Myelodysplastic Syndrome, a bone marrow disease that strikes up to 15,000 people each year in the United States, and that sometimes results in acute myeloid leukemia. Researchers found that the gene RhoB is important to the disease?s
ALLEGAN - Perrigo Company announced that it has purchased a topical gel for inflammatory acne treatment from KV Pharmaceutical for up to $16 Million in cash. The product is called ANDA for clindamycin phosphate (1 percent) and benzoyl peroxide (5 percent). This product is the AB-rated equivalent to Stiefel Laboratories' (a subsidiary of Glaxo SmithKline)
ANN ARBOR - QuatRx Pharmaceuticals Company, announced Thursday the end of the company's long-term safety study for its menopause treatment drug, Ophena, which position the company to file a New Drug Application with the US Food and Drug Administration in early 2010. Specially, the company said it received positive efficacy results from the second of