Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis said Wednesday it and four other partner schools snagged $18 million from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to research therapies and diagnostic tools for heart and lung diseases that use nanotechnology.
Nanoparticles are one-billionth to 100-billionths of a meter in size. Scientists custom-engineer these tiny particles to deliver imaging agents or therapies, such as drugs, chemotherapies or genetic material to specific targets, such as tumors, a particular cell type or sites of inflammation, Washington University said.
Maryville City leaders are backing a plan to issue up to $25 million in bonds for a major expansion of a Kawasaki Motors plant in the city. The Maryville City Council ... Read More
A record-breaking 2014 is facilitating hiring and office expansion at Kansas City-based Data Systems International Inc. The mobile supply-chain company, more commonly referred to as DSI, posted its second consecutive year ... Read More
Move over, Brooklyn and San Francisco. The second wave of the startup economy is here, and St. Louis is leading the way. A new ranking from Popular Mechanics magazine names St. ... Read More
The Ikea store under construction in St. Louis will include a 1.28 megawatt rooftop solar system, making it Missouri’s largest rooftop solar array when the store opens in the fall, according ... Read More
The University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine was named among the region’s top family medicine residency training programs. Doximity and U.S. News and World Report released the rankings Tuesday, which ... Read More
Cultivation Capital, the St. Louis-based venture capital firm focusing on pre-series A rounds for startups in St. Louis and across the Midwest, was among the most active seed venture capital firms, ... Read More
Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, announced today the relocation of its services center and corporate departments to Kansas City, Missouri. The firm will lease 45,000 ... Read More
Leggett & Platt Commercial Vehicle Products, a Ford upfitter, has signed a lease for a 72,000-square-foot build-to-suit facility in Hunt Midwest’s Subtropolis, the world’s largest underground business complex. The deal also ... Read More
A new startup competition with some hefty state funding aims to further the Kansas City tech sector’s momentum. Nonprofit LaunchKC is introducing a competition that will dole out a total of ... Read More
Two cities near Kansas City are considering making more use of solar energy, a trend that energy industry experts say is growing in the Midwest as costs to install facilities decline. ... Read More