URP News

Exact Sciences Advances Development of Non-Endoscopic Oncoguard^® Esophagus Test to Screen for Esophageal Cancer and Pre-Cancer

MADISON, Wis. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Exact Sciences Corp., in collaboration with Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center, reported on data showing high sensitivity and specificity for the non-endoscopic Oncoguard® Esophagus test that is currently in development for the detection of esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) and its precursors, including Barrett’s...

28 March, 2024

WisBusiness: the Show with Lauren Usher of gener8tor

In the latest episode of “WisBusiness.com: The Show,” Lauren Usher of gener8tor talks about the accelerator’s state, national and even international footprint as it works to provide opportunities for entrepreneurs. The Show also previews recent and upcoming Tech Council events....

21 March, 2024

Alexander Gee, community catalyst and transformative educator, to receive UW honorary degree

The UW–Madison will award an honorary doctorate degree this May to Reverend Dr. Alexander Gee Jr., an innovative community servant and transformational educator who is nationally recognized for his advocacy on behalf of the Black community and for his leadership in addressing the root causes...

21 March, 2024

Fetch rewards app turns first profit and prepares for ‘hypergrowth’

Fetch, the grocery rewards app dreamed up by a UW-Madison student and now used by millions of shoppers, has secured a $50 million loan to grow in other industries....

21 March, 2024

Students explore how tiny tools can answer big questions

Necedah Elementary students ranging from 3rd to 5th grade attended a field trip to the Discovery Building this month as part of their Cardinal After-school Program. Led by the Morgridge Community Engagement team, the trip featured an activity called “Tiny Tunnels.”...

20 March, 2024

Q&A with Prof. Steffi Diem, a UW–Madison fusion scientist and 2024 U.S. Science Envoy

Steffi Diem, a University of Wisconsin–Madison professor of nuclear engineering and engineering physics, has been selected to serve as a U.S. Science Envoy for the Department of State in 2024. The federal program empowers leading U.S. scientists to leverage their expertise and networks with the...

15 March, 2024

UW–Madison launches Sustainability Research Hub

The Hub, which is jointly administered by the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and the Office of Sustainability, aims to bring significant interdisciplinary sustainability research funding to campus by connecting researchers across departments and targeting major federal research grants....

14 March, 2024

Rising Sparks: Marcela Tabima, regenerative biology

The exquisite complexity of the human body drew Marcela Tabima to science as a child and it keeps her laser focused on her regenerative biology work at both the Morgridge Institute for Research and the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery....

13 March, 2024

The New England Journal of Medicine Publishes Cologuard Plus™ Test Results from Pivotal BLUE-C Study

The 20,000-participant BLUE-C study was designed to determine the performance characteristics of Exact Sciences’ next-generation multitarget stool DNA test, Cologuard Plus, for colorectal cancer (CRC) and to compare that performance to the fecal immunochemical test (FIT), a commonly used noninvasive CRC screening test....

13 March, 2024

Making Palm Oil in a Lab. NY Times interviews URP tenant Xylome Leadership

Palm oil. It’s in your snacks, your soap, pretty much everything. But palm oil plantations have caused vast deforestation. Can these three tech executives help fix things? A handful of startups are trying to reinvent one of the most ubiquitous, but also environmentally destructive, ingredients...

09 March, 2024