Montana Bioscience Updates

A Montana State University technology anticipated to improve the accuracy of medical diagnoses has been licensed by FYR Diagnostics, a biotech company in Missoula. The license agreement transfers to FYR Diagnostics a molecule detection technology developed by Stephanie McCalla, assistant professor in MSU’s Chemical and Biological Engineering Department, and Tomas Gedeon, professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences. […]

The New York Times editorial board recently observed: “We shouldn’t be surprised by any biotech’s failure. We should expect it. Biotechs by their nature offer the promise of disruptive breakthroughs and discoveries, but they’re mostly all-in propositions, based on one molecule or one test. Fail in a Phase III clinical trial — and a majority do — […]

Smithsonian magazine publishes story about impact of MSU alum, vaccinologist Maurice Hilleman From MSU News Service FEBRUARY 23, 2018   BOZEMAN — The work and impact of a Montana State University alumnus was featured recently in a prominent national forum. “You Should Thank Maurice Hilleman for Helping You Live Past the Age of 10”was published […]