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MDIBL scientists study ‘ocean Methuselahs’ to learn about aging
May 26, 2016Scientists at the MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor have discovered a contradiction in the current thought on some aspects of aging by studying sea urchins, some of which have a life expectancy of more than 100 years and share a close genetic
May 26, 2016
Jackson Lab gets $3.4M purse for genetic disorder research
May 19, 2016A research group at the Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor has received a $3,436,466 boost from the National Institutes of Health that will help spearhead the development of new data resources and mouse models to better understand Mendelian genetic
May 19, 2016
Jackson Lab method may preserve fertility in female cancer patients
May 18, 2016Radiation and chemotherapy may increase the risk for infertility in female cancer patients, but a researcher at Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor and her colleague say it may be possible to design better treatments to protect those patients' ovaries.
May 18, 2016
MDI Biological Lab finds new way to heal wounds
May 17, 2016An MDI Biological Laboratory professor has discovered a new way that wounds heal themselves, opening the door for research on new genes or drugs to promote healing.
May 17, 2016
Jackson Lab gets $1.3M teaching grant for Maine, Connecticut program
May 12, 2016The Jackson Laboratory has pulled yet more federal funding with a $1.3 million Science Education Partnership Award from the National Institutes of Health.
May 12, 2016
ImmuCell continues growth, backlog in first quarter
May 12, 2016Animal health company ImmuCell Corp. (NASDAQ: ICCC) of Portland reported lower sales and net profits for its first quarter ended March 31, though total sales for the 12-month period were up compared to the same periods last year.
May 12, 2016Jackson Lab discovery may lead to new ways to treat brain diseases
May 11, 2016Researchers at Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor and their collaborators said they have found that the buildup of certain molecules in the brain may lead to diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and Lewy body dementia.
May 11, 2016MDI Bio Lab awarded $20K for aging research program
April 26, 2016The Bar Harbor-based MDI Biological Laboratory has received a $20,000 grant to support a new course on aging that will examine the abilities by humans to repair and regenerate tissue as they get older.
April 26, 2016Bigelow Lab marine algae accelerator to break ground
April 24, 2016Groundbreaking will begin this spring and early summer on a roughly 3,000-square-foot pilot-scale production greenhouse on the East Boothbay campus of the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences.
April 24, 2016Bowdoin vice president departs for Jackson Lab position
April 22, 2016On Thursday, Bowdoin College President Clayton Rose announced that Bowdoin Vice President and Treasurer S. Catherine “Katy” Longley will be leaving her post in June to become vice president and chief financial officer at The Jackson Laboratory in
April 22, 2016USDA awards Jackson Labs $5.8M for research
April 19, 2016A little over a week after plotting the timetable for its ambitious 140,000-square-foot Ellsworth expansion, Jackson Laboratory has been awarded $5,840,041 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for research support.
April 19, 2016Jackson Lab plots timetable for $125M Ellsworth expansion
April 11, 2016Officials from the Bar Harbor-based Jackson Laboratory met with a group of Ellsworth city officials and residents to lay out the biomedical firm's plans for its ambitious expansion into the city.
April 11, 2016
MDI Bio Lab discoveries might advance heart repair
March 8, 2016An MDI Biological Laboratory assistant professor says he has identified processes that underlie how heart tissue regenerates, which in turn holds out hope of finding new drugs that can help the body grow muscle cells and get rid of scar tissue, two
March 8, 2016Jackson Lab to ramp up Lowe's conversion
March 7, 2016The Jackson Laboratory's planned expansion at the old Lowe's home improvement retail store in Ellsworth is expected to create jobs and boost economic development.
March 7, 2016
The entrepreneurs of Brunswick's TechPlace
March 7, 2016TechPlace, the entrepreneur incubator at Brunswick Landing, lacks the cacophony and frenetic energy of the typical Massachusetts or Silicon Valley startup space, and that's not a bad thing.
March 7, 2016Sen. Collins to give biomed keynote at Maine Medical Center Institute
March 3, 2016The Maine Medical Center Research Institute will be hosting a symposium on Friday in Scarborough focusing on biomedical research funded by the National Institutes of Health and its impact on the state.
March 3, 2016
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