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MRIGlobal plans North KC lab expansion through KC BioHub’s $38M+ biologics boost
As an influx of $38.1 million in federal Tech Hub and local funds hits the region, a core collaborator within the initiative is expected to cultivate a first-of-its-kind facility in North Kansas City — an expanded physical site for developing critical biomanufacturing and commercialization capacity with the potential to reshape geopolitical threats to U.S. health.
US biotechs gave China control over your medicine; here’s how KC’s $38M+ BioHub initiative could win it back
“Biologic medicines are the drugs of the future: the insulin that manages a child’s diabetes, the immunotherapy that shrinks a tumor, the vaccine that stops a pandemic in its tracks,” said Melissa Roberts Chapman. The problem: China already has a 30-year head start controlling access to those critical medicines.
Teen STEM lab championed by Travis Kelce goes zero-carbon solar with boost from KC corporate leaders
A solar installation at Operation Breakthrough’s new Ignition Lab on Troost Avenue is expected to power the STEM space for students — made possible by a team of Kansas City corporate leaders committed to clean energy and support for the Travis Kelce-backed complex. Mounted atop a central canopy at the site, the project is set to…
Now is not the time to be timid: Adapting KC’s spirit to confront COVID-19
Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in this commentary are the authors’ alone. Dennis Ridenour is president and CEO of BioNexus KC. Kansas City is a unique and extraordinary city. There is no doubt. We celebrate a successful corporate landscape highlighted by world class companies including Hallmark, H&R Block, Garmin, Sprint, Cerner and many others. The success…
