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Girls in Science
They needed to have an interest in science. They needed to be girls. And they needed to be doing quite well in their classes. That’s all it took to…
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AAALAC Accreditation Renewed
It's official! Based on a site visit back in May, AAALAC International has renewed our full accreditation.
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Entrepreneurial plunge pays off for former Pfizer employees
Dan and Samantha Ross had just built a 4,000-square-foot log cabin for themselves in Jackson County when their employer, the drug giant Pfizer Inc…
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Handling deadly diseases, Michigan company earns $12 million in first 10 years
TransPharm Preclinical Solutions, a life sciences company in rural Napoleon Township, celebrated its 10-year anniversary on January 2, 2018. With…
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Local Teacher Interns
Transferring scientific knowledge from the real world to the classroom has been at the heart of a new partnership formed this summer between…
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Nanoviricides’ Drug Candidates Show Efficacy Against HSV-1
Nanoviricides' drug candidates led to complete survival of small animals lethally infected with an aggressive and neurotropic strain of HSV-1.
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TransPharm Helping Find Cure for Harmful Bacteria Affecting U.S. Hospitals
One of Jackson County’s first life sciences companies is working to help fight bacteria that are harming — and in some cases, killing — hospital…
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TransPharm Named One of 2011’s ‘Michigan 50 Companies to Watch’
TransPharm Preclinical Solutions in Napoleon Township has been recognized as one of 2011's "Michigan 50 Companies to Watch" by the Cassopolis-based…
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Jackson Pharma Contract Research Firm Thrives
Dan Ross is another example of the pharmaceutical industry's cutbacks spawning Michigan entrepreneurship — and another example of how the Michigan…
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Rising from the Ashes of Pfizer
Michigan suffered one heck of a body blow in January 2007. That’s when Pfizer, the world’s largest drugmaker, said it was shutting down its Ann…
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