Bioenergy, Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization (AARC) Center deal

AARC, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, invested $50,000 for an undisclosed stake in Bioenergy to support the development of the St. Paul, Minn., company's ribose-based technology and products.

Bioenergy is developing ribose, derived from corn sugar and beet sugar, to shorten the recovery time of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) in cardiac tissue following open heart surgery. ...