Brown Deer, Wis. — California-based Invitrogen Corp. plans to acquire Dynal Biotech ASA, whose U.S. operations are based in Brown Deer, Wisconsin, by the end of March for $380.4 million. ...
Potential investors in five more Wisconsin companies qualify for tax credits under Act 255, legislation passed last year to provide financial assistance to start-up companies, Governor Jim Doyle said on Friday....
Madison, Wis. — The W.M. Keck Foundation of Los Angeles has given University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers a $1.25 million grant to study how stem-cell cultures remain able to develop any other type of cell indefinitely....
A biotech company moving to Madison from Chicago is being welcomed with open arms and open checkbook by the state. Clonex Development will get $135,000 in assistance from the Department of Commerce....
Madison, Wis. — Su-Chun Zhang received another boost to his stem-cell research from a grant of $340,000 awarded on Monday by the Michael J. Fox Foundation....
Madison, Wis. — A research team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has succeeded in enticing human embryonic stem cells to become spinal motor neurons, the cells that transmit messages from the brain to the rest of the body....
Madison, Wis. — Actor Michael J. Fox plans to visit the Waisman Center in Madison on Tuesday. Following the tour, Governor Jim Doyle and Fox will hold a media event to discuss the Waisman Center and the governor's plans for biotechnology research in Wisconsin....
Just how much VC investment went into the life sciences last year? Investment in this sector may have grown more than you think....
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