The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation refuses to keep its powder dry in a stem cell patent dispute before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. WARF says organizations that have challenged the patents have left out certain information about the stem cell experts they have used...
Madison's Third Wave Technologies has won another round in its patent fight with Digene Corp. The latest ruling by the U.S. District Court in Western Wisconsin makes it more likely that Third Wave will prevail in the lawsuit, which Digene has filed in relation to...
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has named Colin Scanes as its vice chancellor of research and economic development. Scanes will have the task of advancing university research and maximizing its job-creating potential. ...
When it comes to venture capital, higher interest rates aren't necessarily a death sentence, according to columnist Ogan Gurel. In this edition of Med Tech Futures, he contends that higher rates tend to point investors toward higher potential return, higher-risk investments. That means the life...
The federal government has awarded two more Small Business Innovation Research grants to NeoClone Biotechnology for its work in developing antibody microarray tests that could improve the detection of ovarian cancer. The grants, awarded by the National Cancer Institute, total $250,000. ...
A Wisconsin venture capital firm has been has been listed among Entrepreneur magazine's most active venture capital firms in the United States. Kegonsa Capital Partners earned that distinction for its investment activity in 2006. ...
Taking aim at IT workorce and other labor practices, columnist James Carlini assails the practice of "labor dumping," which like product dumping is eroding the economic stability of the middle class. In this edition of Carlini's Comments, he explains why labor dumping is yet another...
There is a multi- billion dollar gap between the Senate and Assembly budgets, but the real bargaining over the state's two-year spending blueprint has begun in conference committee. In this edition of Inside Wisconsin, columnist Tom Still would like to see lawmakers follow a few...
Unlike the biotech industry, where the Midwest is playing catch-up to the coasts, the Midwest's nanotech industry is robust and on par with developments in other leading areas in the U.S. In this edition of Yer Biotech Blues, columnist Michael Rosen touts the multiple examples...
Platypus Technologies has announced the appointment of Dr. Jeff Williams as cocmpany CEO. Williams, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, began his career with Promega Corp. He will succeed co-founder Barb Israel, who will serve the organization as a board member and as a...