The 20th anniversary of Farm Aid, the rock concert designed to shed light (and some money) on the plight of American farmers, took place this past weekend in Chicago....
Stratatech Corp. has received a $154,000 Phase I STTR Grant from the National Institute on Aging for work in development of cell-based gene therapy products for the use in the treatment of chronic skin ulcer conditions affecting the elderly, such as venous stasis and pressure...
Established and emerging biotech companies in Wisconsin's biotechnology sector will review the state of their industry at the upcoming Wisconsin Biotechnology and Medical Device Association Conference. ...
People love to hate drug companies. Politicians know that, and they rarely miss a chance to hammer the Pfizers, Mercks and Abbots of the world for running too many expensive television ads, for charging too much for their products, and for generally engaging in some...
I continue to be encouraged by the numerous positive signs that biotech is alive and flourishing in the Midwest....
Government and private actors from two hemispheres came together Friday as life sciences company Promega and Japanese Kazusa DNA Research Institute signed off on a partnership agreement for pursuing genome research. ...
While human stem cells offer potential therapeutic value -- an arena that has become politically overcharged, the more immediate benefit from research into such cells will likely come through their use in drug discovery....
A new study in the magazine Nature Genetics claims that human embryonic stem cells, one of the few cell types that self-renew, show deviations in their genetic structure when left to replicate. Published in an advance online issue Sunday, the article highlights risk to the...
Stratagene Corp. will appeal the jury verdict that Madison-based Third Wave Technologies won against the California company last week....
Third Wave Technologies on Thursday announced that it has won a patent infringement lawsuit against Stratagene Corp., a life sciences developer based in La Jolla, Calif. ...