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Nick Armstrong Named CAI’s Senior Director of Digital Enablement

February 4, 2023

Commissioning Agents Inc. (CAI) announced Nick Armstrong has been named the Initial Senior Director of Digital Enablement, as CAI continues our investment in Digital Transformation for both our internal programs and our clients’ operations. Mr. Armstrong has…

Bio conference organizers expect record participation in Charleston Feb. 21-23

February 3, 2023

Compliments of SCBIZ News & its Channels The largest life sciences conference in Palmetto State history will convene Feb. 21-23 in Charleston to address how South Carolina and America will improve health care and health equity. Themed…

Design unveiled for new $50M MUSC building in downtown Charleston

January 30, 2023

Compliments of Charleston Regional Business Journal The next College of Health Professions building at the Medical University of South Carolina will be a new, modern medical education facility in the heart of downtown Charleston. Providing classrooms, laboratories,…

New Blood Donation Rules to Loosen Restrictions on Gay and Bisexual Men

January 28, 2023

Compliments of The New York Times The Food and Drug Administration plans to revise a longstanding policy that excluded most gay and bisexual men from blood donation, instead adopting an approach that will screen donors depending on…

California biotech company to open $50M facility in Union County

January 27, 2023

Compliments of GSA Business Report A California-based biotech company is opening its first facility in South Carolina in Union County. MycoWorks, which creates luxury-quality leather alternatives using the trademarked Fine Mycelium, has selected Stream Realty Partners, CH Realty…

Lowcountry company MitoChem Therapeutics developing vision loss treatments

January 23, 2023

Compliments of South Carolina Business Review MitoChem Therapeutics, founded by Craig Beeson PhD and Bärbel Rohrer PhD to focus on developing treatments to address the effects of mitochondrial dysfunction in neurodegenerative diseases, was featured recently on South…

MUSC Named to 60 health systems with great oncology programs headed into 2023 by Becker’s

January 21, 2023

Compliments of Becker’s Hospital Review Becker’s Hospital Review is pleased to release its top oncology hospitals. The hospitals and health systems featured on this list have earned recognition nationally as top cancer care providers and many are…

Clinical trial to test wearable device as treatment for chronic pain, opioid withdrawal

January 21, 2023

Compliments of Lowcountry Biz SC Collaborative study awarded to the Medical University of South Carolina, University of Texas Medical Branch and Spark Biomedical A multi-year clinical trial at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and University…

Cannabis and the oral microbiome: Exploring their impacts on the brain

January 21, 2023

Inspiration strikes when you least expect it. For Wei Jiang, M.D., a professor of Microbiology and Immunology at MUSC, inspiration came in 2018 on a smoke-filled boat tour around Amsterdam during an international conference. “Everyone was smoking cannabis except me,”…

SCbio partners with industry powerhouse MassBio to support life sciences growth throughout region

January 18, 2023

SCbioEdge helps member companies put more funding toward science through savings on supplies and services SOUTH CAROLINA—January 18, 2023—To grow the South Carolina life sciences industry and to help local companies put more funding toward science, SCbio…