Worthington’s regional economic development organization WREDC does a bang-up job bringing together an annual conference each spring to address issues in agriculture and bio-sciences. The sessions bring together folks working in agricultural industries and bio-tech in Southwest Minnesota—actually across Greater Minnesota, rural Iowa and South Dakota as well. Previous Biosciences conferences have ranged from life […]
Rochester Bio-tech Park in the Headlines
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune has some “investigative reporting” in the Sunday paper today, looking at G. Steven Burrill’s proposed Elk Run bio-science development on the road between Rochester and the Twin Cities, in Southeast Minnesota. As you may recall, Mr. Burrill gave a Big Picture talk about the state of human and agricultural bio-technologies at the Worthington Bio-Science Conference last spring. I […]
5 Cups a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
At the end of the two-month study, the caffeinated mice performed much better on tests measuring their memory and thinking skills…
Linking Animal and Human Health
Interesting first day of the 5th annual Bioscience Conference at Worthington Thursday. Dale Wahlstrom of the BioBusiness Alliance of Minnesota opened the session, discussing the Alliance’s vision for the Life Sciencs industry in Minnesota, developed with Deloitte Consulting. The vision focuses on five general industries in Minnesota: Medical Devices Biologics/Biopharma Animal Health Food Renewable Energy […]