The University of Tennessee Health Science Center broke ground Friday, June 8, on its $49 million Translational Science Research Building, which will be built on the grassy lot at the northwest corner of Union Avenue and South Manassas Street.

2. UTHSC Prof. Earns $1.5M Research Grant - Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Dr. Gabor Tigyi of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center has received a $1.5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute, a subsidiary of the National Institutes of Health, for research to develop a new class of drugs that could control the spread of cancers by inhibiting a key enzyme involved in metastasis.

3. UTHSC Prof. Receives $325K For Drug Discovery Instrument - Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Dr. Wei Li, associate professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), is the principal investigator of a $325,000 grant from the Office of the Director, a subsidiary of the National Institutes of Health.

4. UT Research Foundation Honors 20 Inventors - Thursday, January 19, 2012

Twenty inventors at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center will be honored for their innovation during a ceremony and luncheon Friday, Jan. 20.

The UTHSC Annual Innovation Awards Ceremony, hosted by the UT Research Foundation, will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the UTHSC Student-Alumni Center, 800 Madison Ave.

5. Biz Community Still Seeking Stable Ground - Thursday, December 29, 2011

Small business in 2011 was a mixed bag of serious market hurdles and fresh opportunities for innovation, depending on who you ask.

Many small businesses struggled to navigate a lackluster economy in which millions remained jobless and the outlook for consumer confidence and companies’ confidence in hiring and investing remained generally bleak.

6. Memphis Co. Wins $15M to Develop Drug - Wednesday, November 9, 2011

RxBio Inc., an early-stage biopharmaceutical company formed around technology developed at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has been awarded a $15 million federal contract to further develop Rx100, a potent drug that may protect against the lethal effects of radiation exposure.

7. Memphis Co. Wins $15M to Develop Drug - Tuesday, November 8, 2011

RxBio Inc., an early-stage biopharmaceutical company formed around technology developed at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has been awarded a $15 million federal contract to further develop Rx100, a potent drug that may protect against the potentially lethal effects of radiation exposure.

8. Plotting a Course - Monday, September 19, 2011

State and federal officials are developing new programs and legislation to bolster small businesses.Many companies are facing a variety of hurdles in a lackluster economy in which millions remain jobless and the outlook for consumer confidence and companies’ confidence in hiring and investing remain bleak. But what shape those hurdles have taken depends on who you ask.

9. UTHSC Unveils New Pharmacy College - Thursday, August 25, 2011

For more than a century, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy has served as center of pharmacy education, practice and research in the Mid-South.

And on the eve of UTHSC’s September Centennial Gala, the College of Pharmacy – previously housed in six buildings on the sprawling, urban campus on Madison Avenue – is finally getting a home of its own.

10. Growing Biz in Region’s Biosciences Topic of Panel - Monday, February 28, 2011

Scientists, academics, business professionals, politicians and others gathered Thursday at the Holiday Inn University of Memphis, 3700 Central Ave., to listen to entrepreneurial panelists voice their perspectives on the business of bioscience.

11. Growing Biz in Region’s Biosciences Topic of Panel - Friday, February 25, 2011

Scientists, academics, business professionals, politicians and others gathered Thursday at the Holiday Inn University of Memphis, 3700 Central Ave., to listen to entrepreneurial panelists voice their perspectives on the business of bioscience.

12. Luncheon to Address Union of Biosciences, Small Business - Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Members of the city’s growing bioscience community will come together Thursday for a luncheon hosted by the Memphis Bioworks Business Association, a group dedicated to promoting and advancing the bioscience business community in the Memphis region through programs, events and strategic communications.

13. RxBio, ED Labs Use Federal Funds for Drug Development - Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Sister companies RxBio Inc. and ED Laboratories have been awarded federal funding to support their bioscience research, which includes the development of drugs to protect against the effects of typically lethal radiation following unintended exposure, as in the case of a nuclear attack.

14. UT Health Science Seeks Millions In Donations - Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Dr. Hershel Wall, chancellor of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, is seeking $180 million in private donations so the institution can continue to grow.

15. Bioworks Foundation Treads Fine Line Of Space, Funding - Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Launching a biotech venture takes technology, scientific talent, a business plan and a basket full of money. But nothing is quite so visible as real estate: Whenever Steve Bares explains the vision for the University of Tennessee-Baptist Research Park, he's got a copy at hand of a rendering to show what the place will look like in 10 years.