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UMKC Vice Chancellor Empowers Research Programs
Great research performed by brilliant people is not always enough to acquire funding, grants, or a future on its own. The process behind grant writing,…
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BioKansas CEO Boosts Biosciences Ecosystem
Being an effective intermediary involves a micro understanding, implemented at a macro level. For Dr. Sonia Hall, President and CEO of BioKansas, the goal is…
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KCU Professor Fast-Tracks Therapies from Bench to Bedside
Scientific discovery is validated by the benefits of the breakthrough in the medical clinic. What is sometimes overshadowed is the fact that basic science that…
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BioNexus KC Celebrates 20th Year Advancing Regional Life Sciences
For Immediate Release: March 1, 2021 KANSAS CITY, MO – BioNexus KC, a catalyst for innovation in animal and human health, kicks off a year-long…
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KC Researchers Awarded $200K to Advance One Health Innovation
For Immediate Release: December 10, 2020 KANSAS CITY, MO – BioNexus KC and the Hall Family Foundation have awarded four regional researchers $50,000 each to…
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EDA Awards BioNexus KC $300k Build to Scale Grant to Advance Human and Animal Health Innovation
For Immediate Release: September 24, 2020 KANSAS CITY, MO – BioNexus KC has been awarded a $300,000 Build to Scale grant from the Economic Development…
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Monthly overview of life sciences news including updates from stakeholders and regional companies.
November Glance
‘Real Big Deal for Kansas City’: Sneak Peek Inside Children’s Mercy Research Tower Children’s Mercy’s gleaming new Research Institute on Hospital Hill won’t open until…
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October Glance
The Future of Health
KU Cancer Center’s Countdown to NCI Comprehensive Application Kicks Into High Gea
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September Glance
Learn. Adapt. Thrive. 10.22.2020
EDA Awards BioNexus KC $300k Build to Scale Grant to Advance Human and Animal Health Innovation
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Expert Exchange: KC Rising Director Rallies Community to Amplify Regional Growth
For more than a decade, the regional workforce has had more available jobs than people to fill them. Sheri Gonzales, Vice President of the Civic…
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The Connection: BioKansas CEO Boosts Biosciences Ecosystem
Being an effective intermediary involves a micro understanding, implemented at a macro level. For Dr. Sonia Hall, President and CEO of BioKansas, the goal is…
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Patient-Focused KCU PsyD Program Prepares Students to Treat Individuals, Community
Clinical psychologists are trained to address the psychological needs of individuals from all backgrounds, ethnicities, races and ages. Students in the PsyD program at Kansas City…
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Industry News
The variant is about 2X as likely to create severe illness,” said KC Health Dept’s @RexArcherMD. He said it’s also more contagious. “On average, each person that becomes infected spreads it to four to five other people.”
The variant is now confirmed in both KCMO & Jackson County.
Researchers at @Mizzou find that as the stigma of #HIV decreases in Africa, more young people are helping older family members with the virus find treatment.
@MizzouResearch
https://showme.missouri.edu/2021/family-support-key-to-overcoming-barriers-to-hiv-treatment-in-africa/
.@TrumanMedKC has assembled a diverse team of experts for its new Center for #COVID19 Recovery for 'long haulers'. https://fox4kc.com/tracking-coronavirus/truman-medical-centers-creates-new-center-for-long-haul-covid-19-patients/