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The 132,500-square-foot, four-story Health Professions building consists of lecture and seminar rooms, capabilities for video conferences, an outdoor courtyard, dining space, student services, an information technology help center, a teaching and learning resource ... More +

http://news.tamhsc.edu/2010/07/22/health-science-center-dedicates-bryan-campus/

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The Texas A&M Institute for Genomic Medicine (TIGM), a leading global source for genetic discoveries, has been selected by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) to identify and develop new drug targets for certain toxins, viruses and bacterial pathogens.  ... More +

The Research Valley Partnership and Wallonia Export and Foreign Investment Agency (AWEX) signed an agreement earlier this summer to collaborate in their efforts to promote economic development here in the Brazos Valley and abroad.

Todd McDaniel, president and chief executive of the Research Valley Partnership, said, “There are unique opportunities to connect our technology and use our unique infrastructure to ... More +

Move over, T. Boone Pickens.

The Texas A&M System and a Spanish wind-power company plan to build what they are billing as the nation's largest wind turbine.

Gamesa Technology Corp.'s G10X, a 4.5 megawatt, 420-foot-tall turbine, will be built at a West Texas A&M University research facility in Canyon, officials announced this week.

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The first phase of Texas A&M's new Health Science Center will open in a few weeks on land donated by the city of Bryan and already it is attracting medical-related private business to the community. With some planning by A&M, the local cities and the county, the Health Science Center will be a magnet for other health-related businesses to locate here.

That is wonderful news for this community. The ... More +

Bryan-College Station has an opportunity to attract biomedical and biopharmaceutical facilities to the area but must be prepared to accommodate them, officials said.

Leaders from Bryan, College Station, Texas A&M and Brazos County met Thursday at the Texas Institute of Preclinical Studies to discuss how to meet companies' needs and explore the possibility of creating a mixed-use development area along ... More +

Researchers at two of the nation’s most prominent university systems team up to advance development of new cancer therapiesMore +

HOUSTON – Gov. Rick Perry spoke at the announcement of a major joint cancer research initiative between the A&M System’s National Center for Therapeutic ... More +

Brett Giroir on KERA “Think” [podcast requires Windows Media Player]

Pushing Biotech & Health Research Frontiers
[2010-05-05 12:00:00] What is the future of biotech and what role are Texas institutions playing in healthcare innovation? We’ll spend this hour with Dr. Brett Giroir, Vice Chancellor for ... More +

"A report Monday afternoon from the Govenor's office shows the growing impact of the Bio-Tech industry in Texas.  And Bryan-College Station, it's economic development partners like the Research Valley and Texas A&M are all working on a plan that would take a big slice of that Bio-Tech pie."
KBTX Reporter: Mike George

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BALTIMORE, MD, April 16, 2010 – The recently opened building housing the Texas A&M Institute for Preclinical Studies (TIPS) was named “Facility of the Year” at the 2010 TurnKey Conference, which is widely considered the top gathering of professionals involved in the building or renovation of structures housing specialized laboratories. The award showcases ... More +

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The Mary Crowley Cancer Research Centers and The Texas A&M University System today announced plans to establish a major new research and treatment center on the 200-acre campus of the Texas A&M Health Science Center in the Research ... More +

In early February, Melissa Dauvalt noticed that her St. Bernard, Juno, had a lump on one of his front legs that was causing him to limp. Tests confirmed that the dog had developed osteosarcoma, an ... More +

The Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences held its 17th Annual Open House on March 27, 2010.

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Eagle video by Cassie Smith

COLLEGE STATION – Efforts to protect the nation from potentially catastrophic animal diseases – some of which are transmissible to humans – will continue with a $21 million package from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to Texas A&M University and Kansas State University.

The monies will support the homeland security ... More +

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents today voted to begin construction on the flexible-by-design National Center for Therapeutics Manufacturing, a revolutionary bio-pharmaceutical research, development, training and production facility. When completed, it will provide rapid, cost-effective and scalable manufacturing and enable an array of new products to enter clinical trials.

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The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) today (Tuesday, March 23) presented a check totaling more than $1.1 million to The Texas A&M University System to provide support for cancer-related research by two professors.

The funds, part of CPRIT’s $61 million inaugural grants, will support research projects under the ... More +

College Station could become ground zero in the nation's rapid response to the next pandemic threat as well as the state's missing link in turning discoveries in university labs to marketable ... More +

COLLEGE STATION - - Using green algae to produce hydrocarbon oil for biofuel production is nothing new; nature has been doing so for hundreds of millions of years, according a More +

Texas researchers are planning to use a combination of tobacco plants and pod-like laboratories to speed the production of new ... More +

Here's an idea: Rehabilitate the tobacco plant by using it to make flu vaccine. (This may sound like a double-whammy nightmare for anyone who believes that vaccines are killing us all and GMOs are killing us all, ... More +

RESEARCH VALLEY – ... More +

 Plants and Mobile, Modular Clean Room “Pods” Could ... More +

The U.S. Department of Defense, caught off guard by the swift spread of the H1N1 flu virus last year and delays in producing a vaccine, is backing an unusual plan to use tobacco plants to make the vaccine.

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