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And the 2012 Great Lakes Innovation and Technology Report Tech Tour winner for packing the most information into a 3 1/2-hour visit is..Well, the Tech Tour still has two more stops, but it's going to be hard to beat what I saw at Grand Valley State University's Grand Rapids campus Wednesday morning.
Tolera Therapeutics Inc., a privately held biotechnology company focusing on the development of immunotherapeutics directed at the transplantation, autoimmune and oncology markets, announced today that it has closed its Series B-3 financing.
The Van Andel Institute and two West Michigan hospitals within the national Trinity Health system and members of Mercy Health – Saint Mary's Health Care and Mercy Health Partners – have signed agreements paving the way for the expansion of a biorepository, using the VAI Program for Biospecimen Science.
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The Wayne State University College of Nursing is part of a $1.5 million grant awarded to the Michigan Department of Community Health by the United States Health Resources and Services Administration to develop an Advanced Practice Nurse Leader primary care model for overweight and obese patients.
Customers and businesses in Grand Rapids are expected to experience improved mobile Internet coverage and voice performance as a result of continued investment and innovation by AT&T.
A homeless man in West Michigan is being treated for burns after being set on fire.
A Burbank, Calif., artist has won the top cash prize at the fourth annual ArtPrize international competition in Grand Rapids.
Two Grand Rapids men have been arraigned on charges of murdering a longtime Grand Valley State University student adviser who was found stabbed to death at his home last month.
A large, rotating sphere that was installed in Grand Rapids as part of the annual ArtPrize competition has been damaged by a vandal.
These finalists were chosen from a field of 1,517 artists from 46 countries and 41 U.S. states and territories. More than 41,000 voters contributed nearly 400,000 votes.
The Employers Association of West Michigan has opened the EXchange at www.exchangewestmi.com, which opens up new possibilities for reuse of materials by direct sharing between businesses, municipalities and non-profit organizations.
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Spectrum Health's Center for Joint Replacement at Blodgett Hospital has become one of the first hospitals in Michigan to offer intelligent orthopaedic knee replacement surgery using a new technology. It harnesses the latest innovations in sensors, microelectronics and wireless communications to improve results and reduce the cost of treating musculoskeletal disease.
Van Andel Institute hosted a scientific symposium Sept. 19-20 that gathered some of the world's most noted experts in Parkinson's disease and reinforced the region's growing reputation in the field of Parkinson's research.
Michigan Health Connect, Michigan's largest provider of health information exchange, and Carrollton, Ga.-based Greenway Medical Technologies Inc., have announced an agreement to provide large-scale integrated health system data exchange for medical practices using Greenway's electronic health record, practice management and interoperability software, PrimeSuite.
X-Rite, Inc., the world leader in color management, measurement and communication technologies, announced a new addition to the ColorMunki family of color calibration solutions -- the ColorMunki Smile.
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A Grand Rapids attorney convicted of slipping drugs to a northern Michigan jail inmate faces up to seven years in prison.
ASTI Environmental announced a new product, the Environmental Concerns Assessment, which blends environmental review, end use strategies and information on development incentives into a single document.
Two teenagers face charges in the sexual assault of a 21-year-old Grand Valley State University student in Grand Rapids.
The Detroit Red Wings today announced that 22 players have been assigned to the Grand Rapids Griffins.
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder announced that Consumers Energy has doubled – to $500 million – its commitment to Pure Michigan Business Connect, a key initiative putting people back to work in Michigan.
Two young sisters were killed and a third is in critical condition after a traffic accident in which their baby sitter ran a stop sign and was struck by a pickup truck in southwestern Michigan, police said.
Huntington Banks' James Dunlap talks about the West Michigan Policy Forum. Plus, Geoffrey Fieger, Denise Ilitch, and Saul Anuzis discuss the political conventions, the presidential contest and much more in this full episode of Michigan Matters.
