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
ANN ARBOR - HandyLab announced Tuesday that it has expanded its collaborative partnership with Manchester, UK-based DxS by signing a broader licensing agreement for the DxS Scorpions amplification technology enhancing the company's focus in the in-vitro diagnostics marketplace.>
LANSING - Legislation to fill in the gaps left with the passage of a constitutional proposal to permit embryonic stem cell research, which would include regulations and penalties for violations of confidentiality and other issues, Sen. Tom George (R-Kalamazoo) announced Thursday. George was one of the more public opponents of the embryonic stem cell issue,
LANSING - While many have said they expect the University Research Corridor to soar to new heights with Jeff Mason at the helm as its first executive director, that talk, and even a challenging economy, hasn't rattled him, he said in an interview on Friday. "I don't really look at the expectations as pressure," said