GRAND RAPIDS - Scientists at Van Andel Research Institute have found a gene responsible for the development of pre-leukemia that could help lead to a cure. The gene is called Drf1 could be crucial to the development of myeloproliferative disease and myelodysplastic syndrome, and only recently recognized as a form of cancer. MPD and MDS
LANSING - The Michigan House Judiciary Committee may soon be taking up legislation that would allow Michigan residents using in vitro fertilization the choice of whether they want to donate their unused embryos for stem cell research. The legislative package (HB 4616 , HB 4617 and HB 4618 ) also would make human cloning a
GRAND RAPIDS ? The Van Andel Institute on Monday marked its inaugural school year with an opening convocation held at Van Andel Institute?s Tomatis Auditorium. Keith Yamamoto, Ph.D., Executive Vice Dean, School of Medicine University of California San Francisco, delivered the keynote address. In May, Van Andel Education Institute (VAEI) officials announced the acceptance of
GRAND RAPIDS - The new Van Andel Institute Graduate School will kick off the inaugural school year with a ceremonial gathering of scholars on Aug. 20 that honors students and faculty and signals the beginning of the academic year. The ceremony will introduce faculty and the school?s pioneering students, and include remarks by VAI CEO
KALAMAZOO ? The Right Place Program, a Grand Rapids economic development group, and Southwest Michigan First, its counterpart in greater Kalamazoo, have partnered on a new study that shows drug development and biotech offer rich opportunities for life sciences businesses based in the two metropolitan areas. Specifically, the report shows biopharma and Medical device makers
DETROIT - Wayne State University is hosting the big event about little things, a national conference on Emerging Nanoscience Applications in Technology and Biomedicine October 15 to 16 at Wayne State?s McGregor Conference Center. Those who register before September 1 receive a $50 discount off the regular registration price of $250. The event will draw
KALAMAZOO ? Kalamazoo life sciences startup MedElute has been awarded $250,000 from the Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund. The funding came through was the Kalamazoo SmartZone. To earn Pre-Seed awards, companies are required to obtain matching funds from other investors. MedElute received funding from individual angel investors totaling $250,000. The names were not disclosed. This matched
ANN ARBOR - BioArbor, the new educational networking forum for the life sciences industry in the greater Ann Arbor area, will host its second program on August 15 called Strategic Corporate Legal and Patent Issues for Early Stage Life Science Companies. Presenting will be Stephen M. Davis, Co-Chair of the Firmwide Corporate/VLG Practice Group and
ANN ARBOR ? Young Basile has hired former Pfizer attorney and bioscientist Mehdi Ganjeizadeh to lead its new Life Science industry group in its new office in downtown Ann Arbor across the street from Ann Arbor SPARK. Ganjeizadeh said he chose Young Basile because of its entrepreneurial environment and the opportunity to build a new
KALAMAZOO ? Biotech and pharma contract researcher Global Lifescience Solutions on Tuesday announced it has inked a new partnership with the Michigan High Throughput Screening Center at Kalamazoo Valley Community College. Through the new partnership, pharmaceutical companies and biotechnology companies can now take advantage of HTS screening offered by MHTSC and high content screening offered