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Ohio

Tackling the opioid crisis with bioelectronics: interview

December 13, 2017

America is currently experiencing one of the worst opioid epidemics in history, and the Midwest is no stranger to this.

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Nebraska Startups

University of Nebraska biotech incubator 1st cohort underway

October 6, 2017

The University of Nebraska’s own biotech-specific startup incubator is up-and-running, aiming to change the face of Midwestern innovation with an initial cohort of four startups.

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South Dakota

Biotech company Inanovate makes Sioux Falls its cancer-detection headquarters

October 3, 2017

Inanovate, a biotech company working on early cancer detection, has decided to move its headquarters from North Carolina’s renowned Research Triangle Park to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, following a trend.

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Detroit Tech

Fizzy Ann Arbor biotech startup gets $1.5 million in funding

September 22, 2017

Ann Arbor-based Akadeum Life Sciences has secured $1.5 million in funding this month from venture capital firm BioInflexion Point Partners and other investors to continue innovating in the Midwestern medtech scene.

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Indiana

Indiana companies team up to foster biotech entrepreneurship

September 11, 2017

Pearl Pathways – a company dedicated to providing support and IRB services for regulatory compliance of biotech companies, and VisionTech Partners- a group of angel investors interested in local early-stage.

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St. Louis Startups

LipoSpectrum Fighting Cancer, One Fatty Acid At A Time

March 21, 2014

Last year, an entrepreneur named Milind Sant and his company, LipoSpectrum, received $50,000 from the Arch Grants business plan competition, which provides equity-free grants to startups willing to remain in, or relocate.

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Chicago Editorial

Edison awards highlight innovation across American industry titans

April 26, 2013

Co-authored by: Lauryn Schroeder, Medill News Service It starts with something simple. For 12-year-old Quincy Lyons, it started with the first bite of an orange. An orange that he believed.

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St. Louis

Danforth Plant Science Center To Continue Investment In Robotics in 2013

December 31, 2012

Jim Carrington, the president of the Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis, confirmed today that the center will continue to invest in lab procedure automation robots.

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St. Louis

Monsanto Ups Its Venture Capital Game To Grow Product Pipeline

December 18, 2012

St. Louis-based Monsanto aims to get a sneak peek at emerging agricultural technologies by boosting the company’s venture capital arm in 2013. The company signaled its investment-focused ramp up by hiring venture capitalist John Hamer in September who joined the company as investment director of Monsanto Growth Ventures.

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St. Louis

SLU Researchers Land $1.8 Million For Lupus Research

December 17, 2012

Researchers in Saint Louis University’s division of rheumatology in the department of internal medicine will be one step closer to understanding the disease lupus thanks to a $1.8 million grant from the National Institute of Health.