Life Engine Animal Health or LEAH Labs, led by CEO and co-founder Dr. Wes Wierson, has been awarded a $337,443 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Institute of Health.
Cannon Falls ace Abby Breuer determined to make this year count
Cannon Falls pitcher Abby Breuer delivers during a Hiawatha Valley League softball game against Kasson-Mantorville on May 6 in Kasson. (Traci Westcott / twestcott@postbulletin.com)
The Cannon Falls softball team has high expectations for 2021 thanks to an offense filled with big hitters and a legitimate ace in the pitching circle, Abby Breuer.
The disappointment of missing out on the 2020 season was legitimate, but the Bombers planned to return to the field with a vengeance this spring.
COVID wasn’t content to just take away the 2020 season. The virus struck again and forced the Bombers to miss two weeks at the beginning of this season. But Breuer has made her return to the circle with an absolute vengeance. The Cannon Falls junior opened with a 14-strikeout performance in a 7-1 win over Lake City on May 3. But that wasn’t good enough. She fanned 16 KoMets in a 3-2 win on May 6 and had 11 punchouts against Pine I
Life Engine Animal Health or LEAH Labs, led by CEO and co-founder Wes Wierson, uses non-viral CAR T cell cancer therapy to try to create a better treatment for B cell lymphoma cancer in dogs. That type of cancer is comparable to Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in humans. The Rochester-based firm recently proved the treatment was safe to use in dogs and now plans to conduct a pilot study later this year.