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Kansas City, Missouri Selected For COVID-19 Vaccine Trial

Testing is underway in Kansas City, Missouri, for an experimental coronavirus vaccine. Inovio Pharmaceuticals, a health innovation company, is partnering with The Center for Pharmaceutical Research in Kansas City to test ... Read More

Missourians Step Up to Produce Much Needed PPE In Fight Against COVID-19

Across Missouri, manufacturers, designers, universities, and more are stepping up in a big way to help produce personal protective equipment (PPE) for medical personnel, first responders and the general public to ... Read More

Missouri Company Helping Families with Need to Knead During COVID-19 Shutdown

St. Louis, Missouri-based AB Mauri North America, a British-owned baking technology provider, is working to keep bread on families’ tables across the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic. The company’s three yeast ... Read More

Missouri Accelerator Takes Aim at Businesses That Can Help in the Fight Against COVID-19

Missouri’s newest business accelerator is aimed at finding and building up companies that can help with the coronavirus crisis. The Black & Veatch IgnitedX COVID-19 Response Accelerator is a venture of ... Read More

Missouri Manufacturers Hard at Work in Fight Against COVID-19

Like any maker, designer, tinkerer or DIY-er, David Cervantes, owner of St. Louis, Missouri-based Cervantes Design, is used to being in near-constant action. A few weeks ago, while scrolling through DIY ... Read More

Health Innovation Company Unveils New Biocontainment Systems to Help Fight COVID-19

MRIGlobal, a health innovation company based in Kansas City, Missouri, has unveiled two new mobile labs that could help with the COVID-19 response. The new mobile laboratories, which combat biological and ... Read More

Southeast Missouri State University Produces PPE For Area Hospitals & First Responders

Faculty and staff at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, have been using 3D printers and laser cutters to design face shields and protective visors for local hospitals. The ... Read More

Brookings: Missouri’s Cortex Is Key Innovation Community in Fight Against COVID-19

The Cortex Innovation Community, in St. Louis, Missouri, was recently named a key innovation district that is leading the fight against COVID-19. The Brookings Institute singled out seven globally, and two ... Read More

Missouri Supercomputing Team Crowdsources the Fight Against COVID-19

People around the world are staying home to help slow the spread of COVID-19. But now, you can do more than wait. You can join the fight! Crowdsourced supercomputing project Folding@home ... Read More

Missouri Researchers Developing Coronavirus Detection System for Travelers

Researchers at Missouri S&T in Rolla, Missouri, are developing an airborne-biohazard system that could help screeners spot air travelers with lung diseases due to COVID-19. To trigger the airborne-biohazard system, individuals ... Read More