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LexaMed Launches Enhanced Website

bgilsdorf — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:58:30 +0000

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07/29/2010

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07/29/2010 (All day) - 07/29/2011 (All day)

LexaMed is proud to announce the launch of its newly enhanced and updated website, www.lexamed.net. The redesigned website has new navigational tools that facilitate easier access to the website's expanded content and graphics that highlight LexaMed's continuously expanding services, products and capabilities. Now you can also find, browse and/or become a LexaMed fan on Facebook!

Michigan Tech Chemist Culls the Good Synthetic DNA from the Bad

heather — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:52:06 +0000

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07/26/2010

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07/26/2010 (All day) - 07/26/2011 (All day)

Birds do it, bees do it. Even scientists in labs do it. But the scientists can’t hold a candle to the birds and the bees, who can make gobs of primo DNA without even thinking about it.

DNA is a critical element of gene therapy, and scientists working to develop cures for diseases make it with synthesizers. Unfortunately, synthesizers don’t do nearly as good a job as cells in stringing nucleic acids together to make DNA, and many of the resulting sequences—called truncated DNA—are too short and must be discarded.

UM: Study links African ancestry to high-risk breast cancer

heather — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:35:16 +0000

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07/23/2010

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07/23/2010 (All day) - 07/23/2011 (All day)

A new study finds that African ancestry is linked to triple-negative breast cancer, a more aggressive type of cancer that has fewer treatment options.

Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center found that, among women with breast cancer, 82% of African women were triple negative, 26% of African-Americans were and 16% of white Americans were.

Triple negative breast cancer is negative for three specific markers that are used to determine treatment: the estrogen receptor, the progesterone receptor and HER-2/neu.

Neogen Reports 26% Increase in Net Income

heather — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:26:47 +0000

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07/21/2010

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07/21/2010 (All day) - 07/21/2011 (All day)

Neogen Corporation announced that its net income for its 2010 fiscal year, which ended May 31, increased 26% from the previous year to $17,521,000. Net income in the fiscal year increased to $0.76 per share, compared to the prior year’s $0.61, adjusted for a 3-for-2 stock split that was effective Dec. 15, 2009.

Caraco Adds Two Generics

heather — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:42:43 +0000

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07/19/2010

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07/19/2010 (All day) - 07/19/2011 (All day)

Click here to read about Caraco's latest generics offerings, posted in the Great Lakes Innovation and Technology Report.

Susan G. Komen Awards $1.2 M to Karmanos and Wayne State University

heather — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:57:26 +0000

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07/19/2010

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07/19/2010 (All day) - 07/19/2011 (All day)

Four researchers from Detroit, Michigan’s Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute and Wayne State University (WSU) will receive a total of $1.2 million from Susan G. Komen for the Cure® to help advance research to better detect, prevent and eliminate breast cancer. The $1.2 million awarded to these outstanding scientists is part of the $59 million portfolio of research grants that Susan G.

OU, Beaumont Researchers Aim to Help Prevent Falls Among Elderly

heather — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:48:17 +0000

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07/14/2010

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07/14/2010 (All day) - 07/14/2011 (All day)

A multi-disciplinary team of expert investigators from Oakland University and Beaumont Hospitals has begun a research study designed to support the development of a motion monitoring system that helps prevent fall-related injuries among the elderly.

Accuri Cytometers Completes $6 Million Financing

heather — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:53:40 +0000

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07/13/2010

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07/13/2010 (All day) - 07/13/2011 (All day)

Click here to read this article, which was posted in the July 13, 2010 edition of the Great Lakes Innovation and Technology Report.

Zellner Named to New Role of Business Development Director, MidMichigan Innovation Center

heather — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:31:27 +0000

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07/12/2010

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07/12/2010 (All day) - 07/12/2011 (All day)

MidMichigan Innovation Center has grown significantly since it was formed in 2005, and now has more than 30 on-site and virtual tenants who rely on the organization to help these entrepreneurs and start-up companies develop into the businesses that will become Michigan’s future. Building on the success to-date, Bill Moneypenny, MidMichigan Innovation Center CEO has added a new role within the organization, that of “Business Development Director.” Into this role Moneypenny has appointed a strong leader, connected business person and active member of the regional community, Deb (D

Beaumont First in MI to Treat Atrial Fibrillation with New Laser Device

heather — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:24:11 +0000

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07/12/2010

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07/12/2010 (All day) - 07/12/2011 (All day)

Cardiologists at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak were the first in Michigan to use a new investigational laser device that may improve long-term effectiveness of ablation, a procedure for treating a common heart rhythm condition called atrial fibrillation.

Beaumont researchers are part of a national, Food and Drug Administration-approved trial studying the safety and effectiveness of the CardioFocus cardiac laser ablation device. The balloon catheter uses a rotating laser to burn heart tissue.