Every summer since 2007, students from some of the smallest high schools in Wisconsin descend on the Morgridge Institute for Research for some big-time scientific immersion. The Morgridge Rural Summer Science Camp allowed more than 500 high academic achievers from across the state to spend a...
The state’s bioscience industry is on the rise, employing nearly 35,000 in 2016. That’s according to a new report from the national Biotechnology Innovation Organization, which highlights the $2 trillion impact the industry has on the country as a whole. It shows Wisconsin has been performing above...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (June 13, 2018) Contact: Erik Greenfield, Communications Manager, 608-443-1952 (office), 608-669-7884 (cell) MADISON – The Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce announced today it is accepting applications for this year’s Pressure Chamber startup program, which returns Aug. 16 to kick off Forward Festival, an eight-day...
JangoBio is seeing positive results from ongoing animal testing for a therapy that could be used to treat aging-related diseases. The therapy in question relies on stem cells to regrow key tissues that play a key role in balancing hormones. These tissues naturally degrade as the...
A Madison stem cell company plans to manufacture specialized brain cells that it says could help researchers create a path toward better drugs to treat Alzheimer’s and other neurological diseases. Fujifilm Cellular Dynamics Inc. has signed an agreement with the University of California-Irvine for an exclusive...
Daily Nonstop Service Begins with A Departure Gate Celebration Madison, WI – The Bay Area is now a non-stop flight away for business and leisure travelers throughout Dane County and south central Wisconsin thanks to United Airlines’ launch of daily non-stop, year-round service to San Francisco...
A University of Wisconsin–Madison spinoff won the grand prize and three others won top awards in their categories in the 15th annual Governor’s Business Plan Contest on Wednesday. The grand prize went to NovoMoto, a social enterprise company that packages and sells solar lighting systems under...
Exact Sciences Corp. and the Mayo Clinic say they’ve developed a blood test that correctly identified 95 percent of the cases of a common form of liver cancer. The news, released Tuesday in a presentation at a major conference of gastroenterologists, is a signal that the...
Before co-working spaces there were coffee shops. Popular among college students, freelancers and other members of the gig economy escaping the isolation and distraction of working from home, these “third spaces” were — and still are — great places to throw on your headphones and get some work done....
Exact Sciences stock jumped as much as 13 percent on Wednesday after the American Cancer Society said people should be screened for colorectal cancer at age 45, lowering its guidelines from the current recommended age of 50. Exact, of Madison, makes Cologuard, a stool test for...
BioForward and Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation partner to provide local biohealth companies the opportunity to represent Wisconsin at international BIO conference. Thirty scholarships have been awarded to Wisconsin biohealth companies to attend and exhibit at the International BIO Convention in Boston, MA, June 4-7, 2018. Recipients...
A new building going up at UW Health’s clinical and research complex on Madison’s West Side will be home to an expanded focus on two hot fields: genetic testing and treatments tailored to the genetic makeup of patients or their disease. The newly created UW Center...