Biotech

A liquid droplet surrounded by hydrogel is used as an adaptive lens in research from the UW-Madison College of Engineering. The applications of the technology could benefit medical imaging and lab-on-a-chip devices....

The University Clinic Heidelberg will be the first of four German university hospitals to treat cancer patients with TomoTherapy's Hi-Art System as the Madison-based medical device manufacturer extends its market reach into the Deutschland. ...

Advocates of greater regional economic cooperation in Dane County and beyond got a pep talk of sorts from Tom Clark, executive vice president of the Metro Denver Economic Development Corp. His message: if Denver, with its (past) history of regional feuding, can overcome the barriers...

Inventors may or may not pay a price for being tardy in patenting their inventions, but they are better off not leaving things to chance. In this opinion piece, Chicago attorneys Bratislav Stankovic and Donald Silvert say it's wise to heed recent judicial interpretations of...

Madison's Third Wave Technologies has reported another quarterly loss, but help might be on the way in the company's improving performance in molecular diagnostic sales. Revenue in that key market is up 32% over the first six months of 2005, and more products are in...

A number of research institutions, including Yale University and several that already are familiar with NimbleGen Systems, now rely on a chip produced by the Madison biotechnology company to study DNA interactions. They have entered into limited-access partnership agreements with NimbleGen to conduct previously unattainable...

Patents may contain the force of law, but they are not full proof, as Madison attorney Christopher Rogers explains in this commentary. Rogers lays out 10 common misconceptions that people have about life-science patents, and misconceptions two and three are related to the legal...