DETROIT - Tej Mattoo, MD, professor and chief of Pediatric Nephrology at Wayne State University's School of Medicine and Children's Hospital of Michigan, has received $267,999 in stimulus funds from the National Institutes of Health to continue a study that looks at long-term use of antibotics with children that have recurrent urinary tract infections. The
GRAND RAPIDS - The West Michigan Science & Technology Initiative is hosting a summit Sept. 17 at Grand Valley State University to help innovators and entrepreneurs navigate the trends impacting the life sciences industry. SUMmIT will provide hear experts to speak about emerging technology in the drug, diagnostic and device industries, followed by a panel
ANN ARBOR - You've already made your entrance, now how to make a successful exit? Join MichBio on Sept. 9 to listen to serial entrepreneurs discuss their exit strategies and outcomes as they transitioned their start ups to large medical device and pharmaceutical companies. They'll present their path to success: from their darkest moments to
PONTIAC - Oakland County has finally rolled out a new Web site to feature its Medical Main Street program, which includes a daily news feed to hype Southeast Michigan's life sciences industry. MedicalMainStreet.Org also includes a LinkedIn profile page for ?those interested in finding partners in Michigan's life science industry,? via the popular online professional
ANN ARBOR - Assay Designs, which provides immunoassay kits, antibodies, and reagents to the life sciences and translational research markets, has launched what is claims is the first ELISA development kit for Grp75 (Mortalin) in human, mouse, and rat cell lysates. The Grp75 (Mortalin) ImmunoSet is a cost effective product to assay Grp75 in cell
ANN ARBOR - White Pine Systems, which provides online personal health record systems, announced Tuesday that Advanced Medical Records Solutions has signed a long term contract for its personal health records solution called SPINNphr, the Secure Personal Information and Notification Network. "As we see from all the recent discussion of healthcare reform, we are entering
LANSING - One element of a proposed national health care plan is getting more people on Medicaid. And that could mean more costs for Michigan and other states, said U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Lansing) at an event in Lansing on Monday. Stabenow said the goal of the plan, at least as the U.S. Senate Finance
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