GlycoBac, a University of Wyoming spin-out business, receives a Small Business Innovation Research grant.

GlycoBac, a University of Wyoming spin-out, has been given a six-month, $150,000 grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), for research to improve the effectiveness of already developed glycoprotein drugs. The Small Business Innovation Research grant is a US government program which awards federal research grants to small businesses.

The company was launched in 2011 by student Christoph Geisler and Molecular Biology professor Don Jarvis to commercialise certain aspects of Dr. Jarvis’ research, after winning $12,500 in the university’s…