Science and Enterprise

Month: August 2010

  • Biotech Company Awarded Grant for Melanoma Immunotherapy

    Lentigen Corporation, a biotechnology company in Gaithersburg, Maryland has received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant to advance an immunotherapy for melanoma invented by Michael Nishimura, Professor of Surgery, at the Medical University of South Carolina.  In this program, Lentigen will collaborate with Nishimura. Melanoma is the most dangerous…

  • CE Mark Awarded for Male Urinary Health Device

    American Medical Systems (AMS) of Minnetonka, Minnesota, announced today it has received the Conformité Européenne (CE) Mark for AdVance XP, an implant for the treatment of male stress urinary incontinence (SUI). The CE marking certifies that a product has met EU health, safety, and environmental requirements, which ensure consumer safety. Male SUI is a common…

  • We’re in Alltop

    We got some good news today. Science Business has been selected for Alltop, the “aggregation without aggravation” service that collects headlines of the latest stories from the best sites and blogs that cover a topic. Sarah Perez in ReadWriteWeb calls Alltop “a valuable resource for anyone wanting to research a certain subject or industry.” You…

  • Awards to Honor Postdoc Entrepreneurs

    The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) have opened the call for nominations for the 2011 Kauffman Foundation Outstanding Postdoctoral Entrepreneur and Emerging Postdoctoral Entrepreneur awards, which recognize exceptional postdocs working to commercialize research. The deadline for nominations for both awards is 27 September 2010, and the deadline for submission of…

  • Energy Dept. Scales Back FutureGen CO2 Capture Project

    The St. Louis Business Journal reports today that the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) has backed away from its original plan to build a new carbon sequestration facility in southern Illinois, choosing instead to retrofit an existing power plant in the same region. The new design, funded by a $1 billion Recovery Act grant, is…

  • Patent Issued for Nucleic Acid Extraction Technology

    Akonni Biosystems in Frederick, Maryland, received a U.S. patent for its “Apparatus, system, and method for purifying nucleic acids” technology, which applies to its nucleic acid binding matrix when inserted into a pipette tip, tubing or cartridge for nucleic acid purification. According to Akonni Biosystems, this technology can reduce to a few minutes the time…

  • Granholm Offers Michigan as Template for Clean Energy Economy

    Probably no U.S. state has suffered more from the collapse of American manufacturing in the first decade of the 21st century than Michigan. But that state’s governor now offers Michigan’s experience as a model for rebuilding the country’s economy with clean energy as its core. Governor Jennifer Granholm — in a talk that was equal…

  • Biotech Company, University to Partner on Polymers

    Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Inc., a biotechnology company in Lansing, Michigan confirmed that the company entered into a collaborative research and development agreement with the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana for the development of new polymers. Polymers are molecules strung in long repeating chains that are found in a host of natural and…

  • Venture to Produce Membranes for Hydrogen Separation, CO2 Capture

    Eltron Research & Development Inc. in Boulder, Colorado and Eastman Chemical Company in Kingsport, Tennessee have agreed to jointly scale up and pilot test Eltron’s membrane system for hydrogen separation and carbon dioxide (CO2) capture. The $8 million project is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. Eltron’s metallic membrane system extracts pure hydrogen from…

  • New Standard Advanced for Labeling on Injectable Medications

    An expert committee of the United States Pharmacopeia (USP), a standards–setting body for prescription and over–the–counter medicines, has advanced a new labeling standard for injectable products, to reduce the likelihood of errors in the administration of these drugs. The new standard, to be published on 1 November 2010, applies to the top (circle) surface of…