Kalamazoo
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.
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.
Event Notices From May 14
The latest meeting and event notices from Michigan’s technology-focused companies, institutions and groups
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.


















