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Kalamazoo Company Announces New Drug Target For Diabetes

Metabolic Solutions Development Co. LLC announced Wednesday the publication of data in the latest issue of the scientific journal PLOS ONE on a new drug target for treating type 2 diabetes by boosting the body’s sensitivity to insulin.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/05/15

The Southwest Michigan Innovation Center, run by Southwest Michigan First.

Officials: Diabetes Breakthrough Shows Value Of Life Science Incubators

Breakthrough research by Metabolic Solutions Development Co., including data published Wednesday on a new drug target for type 2 diabetes, underscores the key role a quality life sciences incubator can play, according to southwest Michigan life science leaders.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/05/15

Event Notices From May 14

The latest meeting and event notices from Michigan’s technology-focused companies, institutions and groups

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/05/14

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Drug Overdose Killed Man Found In Ticketed Pickup

Police say a 26-year-old man whose body was found two months ago inside a twice-ticketed pickup truck on a Kalamazoo street died of a heroin overdose.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/05/11

Economy Up

West Michigan Economic Report Best In Two Years

The West Michigan industrial economy is stronger, according to the results of a monthly survey compiled by Brian G. Long, director of Supply Management Research in the Seidman College of Business at Grand Valley State University.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/05/07

The Southwest Michigan Innovation Center, run by Southwest Michigan First.

Tech Tour Day Seven: Tech Rules The Zoo, And Battle Creek Too

Everybody in Michigan talks about startups and entrepreneurship. But few Michigan cities live it better than this community of 100,000 or so in the southwest corner of the state.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/05/02

Bridget Lorenz Lemberg

Kalamazoo Toxicology Entrepreneur Is Leader And Innovator Of The Year

Bridget Lorenz Lemberg, founder, lab director and toxicologist at Forensic Fluids Laboratories in Kalamazoo, has been named the Grant Thornton Leader & Innovator of the Year. The award was announced at a reception Thursday night at Lawrence Technological University, which co-sponsors the annual award, along with Grant Thornton LLP and WWJ Newsradio 950.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/04/25

Matt poses with the Spring Tech Tour Mobile, the 2013 Ram 1500 (WWJ Photo)

Tech Tour Time Is Here Again

Well, it’s finally arrived. The WWJ Technology Report will be taking its 10th annual Tech Tour on the Michigan road beginning tonight.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/04/24

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Woman Buys Home For $3,200, Gets $115K Settlement

A woman who bought a 110-year-old home from Kalamazoo for $3,200 has agreed to a $115,000 settlement with the city after she said officials failed to disclose the possibility it contained lead-based paint and blamed the home for her child’s elevated lead levels.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/04/20

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Telegration Partners With Telecom Services Provider Lynx Network Group

Clawson-based Telegration Inc. and Kalamazoo-based Lynx Network Group this week announced that Telegration would begin selling telecommunications services on Lynx’s high-capacity statewide fiber network in Michigan.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/04/10

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