Biotech

• Promega to receive $52 million in damages
  (February 16, 2012) The United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin jury ordered Life Technologies Corp. to pay $52 million...
• Frederick Frank joins PanGenX’s advisory board
  (February 15, 2012) ...
• Gingrich vows to ban embryonic stem-cell research, questions in vitro practices
  (January 30, 2012) As former House speaker Newt Gingrich courts evangelical voters in advance of Tuesday’s Florida primary, he is drawing an increasingly...
• Coke tabs Virent for 'green' bottles
  (December 16, 2011) Coca-Cola Co.'s quest to replace oil as a source of plastic for bottles led it to sign multimillion dollar deals...
• Cellular Dynamics creates neurons from stem cells
  (December 14, 2011) Cellular Dynamics Corporation is now offering neurons that have been created from stem cells. These fully functional neurons can be...
• With a leaner model, start-ups reach further afield
  (December 6, 2011) Lee Redden, 26, a Ph.D. student in engineering at Stanford, recently decided to shelve his education and help found a...
• Virent gets federal grant for jet-fuel project
  (December 2, 2011) ...
• Madison biotech firm BioSystem to be acquired by Agilent
  (December 1, 2011) A Madison biotech company that raised nearly $1 million from angel investors a year ago will be acquired by Agilent...
• Geron’s move highlights hurdles to bringing stem cell therapies to market
  (November 30, 2011) The decision by a California company to halt its study of a stem cell-based treatment for spinal cord injuries is...
• Youth business plan contest offers introduction to STEM careers
  (November 29, 2011) One study after another has lamented the fact that America is producing fewer scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians than our...