The legal challenge to stem cell patents held by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation is nearing the point where the United States Patent and Trademark Office will decide whether to review the validity of the patents. A WARF spokesman expressed confidence that the patents would...
Giving new weight to a controversial new technique for deriving stem cells from early-stage embryos, the nation's first stem cell bank has entered into an agreement in principle with the California company that developed the new extraction method. The agreement, in which WiCell and Advanced...
Irene Hrusovsky, CEO of EraGen, a Madison-based developer of diagnostic products, will deliver a presentation on the future of the company to attendees of the Mid-America VentureForum with the goal of increasing the company's visibility. ...
To keep his company's story fresh to potential investors, and to network with other companies in the same stage of development, Loren Peterson, president and CEO of ZyStor Therapeutics, will showcase ZyStor at this year's Mid-America VentureForum. ...
Wisconsin high school students continue to score highly on the ACT college prep test, but a deeper look indicates that less than one-third are ready for college in all four core subject areas, writes Inside Wisconsin columnist Tom Still. For the sake of developing a...
With China's pharmaceutical and biotech industries still in their formative stages, their American, European, and Japanese counterparts should make significant investments in both India and China. Why? To take advantage of a talented labor pool and create markets for their own products, according to columnist...
An amendment that would allow companies that are majority-owned by venture capital firms to apply for Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer grants is on its way to the U. S. House Small Business Committee. The measure has some worried that these grants will...
What can Milwaukee and Madison have to gain by collaborating? Plenty, according to Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, who appeared with Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz in a forum of the Wisconsin Innovation Network. In an interview with WTN Media, Barrett outlined his vision for the M2...
Dr. Ananda Chakrabarty, the man who inspired scientists worldwide to experiment with life forms like genes and nuclei, visited Madison this week and explained how his energies now are devoted to proving how bacteria might have therapeutic benefits for a range of human conditions. ...
Madison has landed another maker of bioscience tools as part of a $5.85 million venture capital deal. Caden Biosciences will occupy 2,700 square feet in the Fitchburg Technology Campus, and have access to a community rich with life science workers. ...