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Biotechnology, Bioengineering and Life Sciences

Balm Innovations Gets $100,000 Grant to Launch New Product

Balm Innovations of Little Rock, parent company of Omnibalm skin cream products, has received a $100,000 Seed Capital Investment Program grant from the Arkansas Science & Technology Authority to help launch a new product, to be announced, and expand its current distribution into new markets.    // read more

UAMS BioVentures Company to Market Cost-cutting Services for Pharmacy Benefit Programs

The concept behind a unique program that saves Arkansas millions of dollars in Medicaid drug costs has spawned a new startup company through the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) BioVentures.   // read more

Special Nanotubes May Be Used as a Vehicle for Treating Neurodegenerative Disorders

Electrical engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have demonstrated that magnetic nanotubes combined with nerve growth factor can enable specific cells to differentiate into neurons.   // read more

Anderson, Others Named to Arkansas Research Alliance

The Arkansas Research Alliance names the members of its 15-person Board of Trustees.   // read more

Venture Investor Noro-Moseley Expands into Arkansas

After 25 years as a successful venture investor within the Southeastern United States, Noro-Moseley is ready to expand to Arkansas through the Arkansas Institutional Fund.   // read more

Nano Development Seeks New Kind of Cancer Fight

A team of scientists led by Dr. Alexandru Biris at the Nanotechnology Center at UALR in collaboration with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is developing a method for attacking cancer cells by killing them from within.   // read more

BioVentures Startup Receives SBIR Grant to Develop Imaging Materials

One of the early-stage companies in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences BioVentures center is the recipient of Small Business Innovation Research Grant from the Department of Energy, the center announced recently.   // read more

Time Magazine Editor-at-large to Speak at Venture Forum Conference

A week from today Josh Quittner, editor-at-large for Time Magazine, will be the featured speaker at the 2008 Arkansas Venture Forum Conference, organizers announced recently.   // read more

Center Puts 'Technology' in Small Business Development

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock and other higher education institutions in the state recently acknowledged the Arkansas Small Business Development Center's shift toward assisting high-tech and innovative businesses.   // read more

IA Client Lydia Carson Named to National Innovation Board

Lydia Carson, a graduate of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock's executive MBA program, has been named to the advisory board of Planet Eureka! USA National Innovation Marketplace.   // read more
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