Lifting restrictions on federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research will directly affect research facilities like UW Hospital in Madison. Although Aspirus Wausau Hospital is not involved in stem cell research a hospital official says this directive could impact patients here in North Central Wisconsin. Because...
Pfizer Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Kindler told a White House conference the drugmaker supports requiring all Americans be covered by health insurance yet he’s “concerned” about using studies to determine which medicines should be paid by insurance. ...
State scientists look forward to more U.S. research funds
Little more than 10 years after University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher James Thomson first isolated and cultured human embryonic stem cells, President Barack Obama is poised Monday to reverse Bush-era restrictions on federal funding in a field...
Promega Corporation, a provider of DNA and RNA Analysis, will plant a tree for each GoTaq Hot Start product purchased through May 31st. This green initiative is designed to compliment the mission of life scientists around the world - to improve the lives of others...
President Obama is planning to sign an executive order on Monday rolling back restrictions on federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research, according to sources close to the issue. Although the exact wording of the order has not been revealed, the White House plans an...
Janet Marchibroda, chief executive officer of the eHealth Initiative, will leave the organization she has led since its founding to become chief healthcare officer at IBM. Marchibroda was recognized in 2005 as one of the Top 25 Women in Healthcare by Modern Healthcare magazine and in...
Eight years after the Bush administration’s ban on federal funding for new stem cell research, stem cell laboratories may finally be getting the lifeline they have been waiting for. Throughout his campaign, President Barack Obama promised to change this federal stem cell policy. On February 5,...
Cellectar, a privately held radiopharmaceuticals company that designs and develops products to detect, treat and monitor human cancers, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Company's Investigational New Drug (IND) application for its 131I-CLR1404 drug candidate for testing in...
Platypus Technologies announced that it has been awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant for $400,000 from the National Institutes of Health. This 2-year funded project will enable the Company to achieve greater sensitivity in detecting nitric oxide (NO) using its patented...
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama announced Monday he has tapped Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius for Department of Health and Human Services secretary and Nancy Ann DeParle as Director of the White House Office for Health Reform. If Sebelius is confirmed by the Senate, she would help...