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Cleveland biotech developing sulfur molecules targeting oxidative stress-related disease
Cleveland biotechnology company Sulfagenix has secured a key patent related to its efforts to develop hydrogen sulfide prodrugs (inactive drug precursors converted into active form in the body by normal metabolic […]
January 31, 2013I’d like to thank the Academy…
Actually we should thank the Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron for this great idea. ABIA just announced a cool new educational initiative, the BioInnovation Academy, which starts this summer. The week-long summer […]
January 30, 2013Brown announces bill to bolster pediatric research
One week before Madison Reed, a Dublin teenager who is living with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) turns 16, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown yesterday joined the Reed family at Nationwide Children’s […]
January 29, 2013Case/UH researchers discover promising biomarker for aggressive breast cancer
A team of researchers led by Goutham Narla, MD, PhD, at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Case Medical Center have discovered a gene variant that […]
January 28, 2013UC Brain Tumor Center testing thousands of compounds in search for glioblastoma breakthrough
James Driscoll, MD, PhD, and his team of researchers at the Brain Tumor Center at the University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute are testing more than 2,000 different small-molecule compounds for signs […]
January 25, 2013Thermalin Diabetes, breakthrough article in “Nature” substantiates Thermalin’s new insulins
January 23, 2013 | Thermalin DiabetesCincinnati foundation awards over $1.5 million for pediatric neuro research
The International Rett Syndrome Foundation (IRSF) accelerated its efforts to produce treatments for Rett syndrome and related disorders, announcing today that it is awarding another $1.5 million to support 18 new […]
January 22, 2013Biosortia Pharmaceuticals lands two healthcare veterans, hires CEO and CSO
January 22, 2013 | Biosortia PharmaceuticalsGreat Lakes NeuroTechnologies launches study to develop intelligent algorithms for programming deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s (pdf)
January 22, 2013 | Great Lakes NeuroTechnologyNavidea, AstraZeneca complete Alzheimer’s biomarker study
Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, a Dublin, Ohio biopharmaceutical company focused on precision diagnostics, earlier this week announced the completion of a study of its novel radiopharmaceutical NAV4694 as a biomarker for Alzheimer’s […]
January 18, 2013