Biotech

MADISON - In an effort to gather a burgeoning number of stem cell researchers into a cohesive community and leverage new resources, the University of Wisconsin-Madison has established the new Wisconsin Stem Cell Research Program....

MADISON - The numerous ethical dilemmas posed by the emergence of new abilities to conduct genetic tests for disease and predisposition to disease will be the focus of the Third Annual International Bioethics Forum on April 22-23....

MADISON - EraGen Biosciences, a Madison-based genetic diagnostics and drug discovery company, announced Tuesday that the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention has validated its molecular diagnostics in writing. EraGen President and CEO Irene Hrusovsky showed the company's SARS diagnostic test to Beijing officials...

ANAHEIM - Like many other kinds of cells used in biomedical research, human embryonic stem cells are stored and transported in a cryopreserved state, frozen to -320 degrees Fahrenheit, the temperature of their liquid nitrogen storage bath. ...

MILWAUKEE - Researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin, led by Ashwani Khanna, an associate professor of medicine in nephrology, are studying the role inflammation may play in initiating breast cancer, specifically by looking at certain proteins known to play a role in inflammation,...

MADISON – The Sachs-Bloomberg Global Biotech Forum for Investing & Partnering has selected ConjuGon to present at its forum in Boston, April 1-2. The conference is designed to bring together promising biotechnology companies, leading investors and pharmaceutical companies....