Ebola: Is the U.S. Ready?
When Ebola swept across West Africa last August, it ultimately caused over 11,100 deaths in the short time-span of two months. It took eight months after the first Ebola case…
Medtronic’s Buyout Is All About the Money
Medtronic Inc., the Minneapolis-based medical device maker is buying out Covidien Plc. for $42.9 billion, a 30% premium to Covidien’s market capitalization just prior to the merger. Due to its…
Pacific Tea: Turning Algae into Green Crude
Satellite image of green algae blooms swirling around the Baltic Sea | Credit: Sentinel-2, Copernicus Programme; contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2019 Algae, the most ubiquitous renewable substance on Earth…
Monsanto’s Committment to Agricultural Bio Technology
Our world is faced with an immense challenge: As the global population grows, we must develop new solutions to agricultural problems, such as pests and drought, without harming the environment,…
The League Of Innovation meets ”The BioBelt”
On Tuesday, November 19, representatives from St. Louis Community College, St. Louis Regional Commerce and Growth Association (RCGA), the Missouri Biotechnology Association (MoBio) and Wyeth Biopharma presented members of the…