DETROIT ? Human tissue bank company Asterand said it is making available new research materials that can be used to study rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, cancer and other diseases. The company is offering researchers cells that have been isolated from various parts of the body, including synovium from the joints of patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis
GRAND RAPIDS ? Rapid BioSense of Dexter has won the $15,000 MichBio 2006 Life Sciences Launchpad Competition held last week during the MichBio Expo in Grand Rapids. Rapid BioSense designs and markets a highly sensitive, specific, affordable and rapid biosensor able to detect bacteria and viruses. Uses for the sensor include microbiology tests in veterinary,
LANSING - Missouri is the only state with an embryonic stem-cell proposal on its ballot this November, but the Show Me state may do just that if citizens approve the measure, and organizations in other states, like Michigan, move to put the issue on ballot in 2008. Embryonic stem-cell research certainly has already become the
ANN ARBOR? MichBio members will have the opportunity to meet with business development, strategic alliance and licensing professionals from top pharma and medical device companies at the MichBio Expo Oct. 10-12 in Grand Rapids. The Business Development Meetings will be held on the last day of the Expo, October 12th, at the DeVos Center. ?We?re
GRAND RAPIDS ? Van Andel Institute CEO David Van Andel and David Duncan, co host of NPR?s Biotech Nation, will keynote the MichBio Expo Oct. 12 at the DeVos Place Convention Center in downtown Grand Rapids. The afternoon keynote features Edward C. Saltzman, President of Defined Health. Panels and Presentations - Leaders in the financial
ANN ARBOR ? Dr. Robert Moellering Jr., a Harvard Medical School professor, has joined the NanoBio Corp. board of directors. Dr. Moellering is the Shields Warren-Mallinckrodt of Professor of Medical Research at Harvard Medical School. From 1998 to 2005, he served as the Herrman Ludwig Blumgart Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Physician-in-Chief
ANN ARBOR - MichBio, the state's life sciences industry association, said it will add a competition for seed stage life sciences companies in Michigan ? with a top prize valued at more than $15,000 ? to the MichBio Expo in Grand Rapids this October. The Life Sciences Launchpad is open any Michigan-based life sciences company,
GRAND RAPIDS ? Van Andel Institute has brought some world renowned scientists to West Michigan to honor the lifetime achievements of VAI Research Director George Vande Woude and this year?s Daniel Nathans Memorial Award co-recipients. More than 250 scientists from around the world are attending the Van Andel Institute?s 2006 scientific symposium, Winning the War
ANN ARBOR ? Pfizer has donated more than $4 million in surplus laboratory equipment to Ann Arbor SPARK and MichBio, which will lease the equipment to deserving Michigan technology start ups, with particular emphasis on life sciences companies. Pfizer, Michigan?s largest life-sciences company, donated more than 200 pieces of surplus research equipment to help get
ANN ARBOR ? Twelve MichBio member life sciences organizations won a total of $21.5 million from the first round of the 21st Century Jobs Fund. "We congratulate those of our members who are award recipients, ? said Stephen Rapundalo, Executive Director of MichBio. "These awards recognize the outstanding opportunities MichBio life sciences member organizations offer