Author: WTN News

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Biomedical Engineering Center already puts on an annual design event at the end of each spring semester, but this year it has expanded its annual BME Translational Research and Design Conference and Expo to invite manufacturers interested in biomedical products. ...

Mirus Bio Corp. is in a collaborative mood. First, the Madison biotlechnology company agrees to develop its lead therapuetic with the French firm Transgene S.A., and now it has received a $900,000 federal grant to develop a microRNA detection tool with a researcher at the...

Is there a method to the methodology madness? Columnist and information technology strategist Patrick Gray says even the best methodology can't save a project beset with poor leadership and poor project management. Methodologies are important to an extent, he writes, but they pale in comparison...

Until recently, the 2007 stock market performance was nothing to write home about, with one notable exception, according to Yer Biotech Blues columnist Michael Rosen. Midwestern biotech stocks did so well that 18 stocks (72 percent) out of a basket of the top 25 stocks...

TurboTax Online is a model for start ups looking to grow into a real business by delivering strong customer value, according to DEMO Letter columnist Chris Shipley, who was saved by TurboTax after procrastinating on her 2007 tax filing. She says new web entrepreneurs would...

Emory Healthcare in Atlanta will install a radio frequency identification product from GE Healthcare to track medical equipment and improve its inventory management. The solution, which is called IntelliMotion, enables health facilities to conduct real-time equipment tracking. ...

Still trying to regain its footing after a potentially devastating financial scandal, Merge Healthcare hasn't given up trying to maintain and grab additional market share. The Milwaukee-area medical imaging software company is the latest to unveil a product enhancement that fuses imaging and informatics. ...

In terms of prestige, Wisconsin should not be too alarmed by a recent patent office ruling that upheld the challenge to stem cell patents held by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation. In this guest column, John M. Simpson of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer...