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Roosevelt High School graduate to be featured on ’60 Minutes’

An Iowa high school alumni and MIT geneticist will be a featured expert this Sunday on the national news program “60 Minutes” during a segment explaining CRISPR technology. Feng Zhang is a 2000 graduate of …

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Phishing attack compromises information of 16,000 UnityPoint Health patients

About 16,000 UnityPoint Health patients could have had personal information compromised after a phishing attack in February, the Des Moines Register reports. In a letter to patients sent April 16, UnityPoint Health said that patient accounts …

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A Closer Look: Jami Milne

When Christopher Diebel at Happy Medium first emailed me about Jami Milne, the company’s new director of connections strategy, this is what he had to say:

“Happy Medium employs a diverse roster of people who …

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Project Revoice gives voices back to ALS patients — digitally

The ALS Association on Thursday launched Project Revoice, an international initiative to help people with ALS (also known as motor neuron disease) record their voices so they still use their “voice” after they lose their …

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TAI winners include Sukup, REG, Cedar Rapids

The Technology Association of Iowa and LWBJ have given this year’s Prometheus Awards to a slate of innovative companies and individuals, including venture capital fund Next Level Ventures, Circle Computer Resources and Phantom EFX.

TAI …

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FDA approves first product for Coralville-based IDx

Corridor Business Journal: IDx, a University of Iowa spinout company based in Coralville, has received FDA approval to market IDx-DR, the  first medical device to use artificial intelligence to detect greater than a mild level of …

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Cedar Rapids security firm finds growing demand for cameras at schools, universities

When Marc Meyer founded the video security management startup Inteconnex in Cedar Rapids eight years ago, it was expected that the web-based cameras could serve security needs for systems like Mercy Medical Center, or Lincoln, …

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April 18: April Startup Stories

Host: Greater Des Moines Partnership 
About: Join us for the live recording of the Startup Stories DSM Podcast. Iowa AgriTech Accelerator Executive Director Megan Vollstedt, will chat with host Mike Colwell. Bring your lunch, network with …

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Pate releases cybersecurity playbook to candidates, county auditors

More than 300 candidates who filed for federal, statewide or legislative races in Iowa get an unusual gift from Secretary of State Paul Pate: the “Cybersecurity Campaign Playbook,” created by the bipartisan initiative Defending Digital …

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Ask the (entrepreneurial) reporters a question

Three local journalists who cover technology and innovation and other topics will let you ask the questions for a change during a panel presented by the West Des Moines Business Incubator and Gravitate. Appearing will …