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January 2010 |
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What They're Saying
Recent news stories and editorials have underscored Kansas’ growing national bioscience leadership:
Under the headline “Bioscience Authority investments help grow business in Kansas,” the Lawrence Journal-World ran an in-depth piece about the KBA becoming “the portal in the state’s journey” to national bioscience leadership. It noted that, in the five years since the KBA was created, “the state has landed a $650 million federal lab, moved from the bottom half of rankings in bioscience-friendly states to the top 10 and helped launch a massive campaign to garner the prestigious National Cancer Institute designation for the Kansas University Cancer Center.” To read more, click here.
A Lawrence Journal-World editorial titled “Good investment” lauded Kansas lawmakers who created the KBA and highlighted the KBA’s strong investment outcomes and successes. It said, “KBA support has given many promising ventures an opportunity to advance their work. The fact that they’ve been doing that even in the current difficult economic climate puts the state in a strong position to take advantage of more opportunities as the economy recovers. That’s a good investment in the future.” To read the editorial, click here.
Kansas Bioscience Authority eminent scholar Dr. Paul Wooley of Wichita State University was featured on Kansas Public Radio as part of the network’s health series: “Medical science has come a long way in the last 50 years. Hip and knee replacements have become almost commonplace. Now, researchers are hoping to do even more amazing things with the help of new materials pioneered by the aerospace industry. Professor Wooley is investigating how graphite composites used in aircraft could offer new hope for people with bone injuries and joint problems.” To listen to the report, click here.
The K-State Collegian reported on the press conference announcing the relocation of the Arthropod-Borne Animal Disease Research Laboratory from Laramie, Wyo., to Manhattan. To read more, click here.
Drovers carried the news that KBA grantee Kansas Environmental Management Associates, along with Kansas State University, “has developed a new patented process for recovering excess phosphorus from feedlot waste streams to create a slow release granule fertilizer.” In the story, KBA director Angela Kreps said, “Phosphorus recovery creates innovation in value-added agriculture, and I appreciate the benefits it specifically provides to rural Kansas.” To read more, click here.
