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MDI Bio Lab research uncovers mystery of why diet can prolong lifespan
January 25, 2017Diets can prolong health and lifespan, but scientists haven't known why until now, when researchers at MDI Biological Laboratory discovered a genetic pathway that explains the process.
January 25, 2017
First chapter in comeback story for rural Maine?
January 19, 2017Maine's struggling forest products industry, which has been hit hard by the closure of six pulp and paper mills in the past three years, is getting a $1 million boost from the federal government to implement a strategic plan for capitalizing on
January 19, 2017
PC Construction 'tops out' new Jax Lab research building
January 10, 2017PC Construction celebrated a major milestone in its $14.25 million construction project for Jackson Laboratory when it bolted the final piece of structural steel in place Monday for the lab’s new Center for Biometric Analysis in Bar Harbor.
January 10, 2017
Executive director of Bigelow Lab dies at 58
December 28, 2016Graham Shimmield, executive director of Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, dies at 58 after a battle with cancer.
December 28, 2016Seven companies receive MTI funding
December 22, 2016The Maine Technology Institute has awarded $33,100 in funding that's intended to advance new products and process development at seven companies across the state.
December 22, 2016
Falmouth to wait and see on marijuana sales
December 14, 2016Unlike other communities around Maine, the town of Falmouth has decided to hold public workshops to explore the topic of the sale and cultivation of marijuana, rather than impose a moratorium.
December 14, 2016
Jackson Lab pulls in lots of money, but is there ever enough funding for life-saving research?
October 17, 2016Despite the $80 million in funding expected in 2016 — the Bar Harbor-based lab has 19 grants awarded through the first three quarters of this year — there's still a dire need for more.
October 17, 2016
Jackson Lab expanding into China with university collaboration
October 12, 2016A goal several years in the making is finally being realized for the Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, as the biomedical lab announced that it will be expanding into China through a partnership with Wenzhou Medical University in Wenzhou, China, on
October 12, 2016ImmuCell's gets OK for Portland expansion tax break
September 20, 2016Portland's City Council gave the green light to animal health products manufacturer ImmuCell Corp. to get $375,000 in local financing through a 12-year tax break to help its expansion.
September 20, 2016
MDI Bio Lab scientists score patent for heart repair medicine
August 23, 2016Three scientists at the Bar Harbor-based MDI Biological Laboratory have been awarded a patent — the first for the lab — for MSI-1436, a potential new heart disease drug that stimulates the repair and regeneration of heart tissue damaged by injuries
August 23, 2016
MDI Bio Lab appoints new board member
August 17, 2016The Bar Harbor-based MDI Biological Laboratory's board of trustees appointed Ned Cloonan to its board.
August 17, 2016
Mainebiz Women to Watch alumni: Checking in on past winners
August 8, 2016Mainebiz's annual Women to Watch has become a who's who of female business leaders across the state. We've decided to take a look back at some of our previous honorees to see where they are today.
August 8, 2016Fluid Imaging IDs algae behind Florida state of emergency
August 5, 2016Scarborough-based Fluid Imaging Technologies helped solve the mystery of an algal bloom off Florida's east coast that caused some communities to declare a state of emergency.
August 5, 2016
Jackson Lab groundbreaking heralds expanded space, more jobs
August 5, 2016Jackson Laboratory officials were joined by state and local leaders earlier in the week to celebrate the kickoff of the retrofitting and expansion of an Ellsworth building that once housed a Lowe's.
August 5, 2016MTI gives Maine entrepreneurs $46,454 boost in funding
August 5, 2016The Maine Technology Institute approved six grant applications for the month of July totaling $46,454 to Maine businesses specializing in advancements in fields including aquaculture and marine technology, biotechnology, composite materials,
August 5, 2016
Jackson Labs lands $28.3M fed grant for gene research
August 4, 2016The Bar Harbor-based Jackson Laboratory will be awarded $28,305,235 in federal research funding from the National Institutes of Health to fund the second phase of a project researching the functions of genes in mice that can be used to discover how
August 4, 2016
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