UW-Madison: Waisman scientists model human disease in stem cells
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6/26/13
CONTACT: Su-Chun Zhang, szhang4@wisc.edu, 608-265-2543 (prefers email for first contact)
MADISON - Many scientists use animals to model human diseases. Mice can be obese or display symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Rats get Alzheimer's and diabetes.
But animal models are seldom perfect, and so scientists are looking at a relatively new type of stem cell, called the induced pluripotent stem...
Summit Credit Union: Free investing educational seminar offered in Middleton
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Navitus Health Solutions: Achieves top overall score in PBMI customer satisfaction survey for second consecutive year
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Navitus Health Solutions Achieves Top Overall Score in PBMI Customer Satisfaction Survey for Second Consecutive Year
MADISON, Wis., June 25, 2013–Navitus Health Solutions, LLC announced today that it has received the top rating for overall customer satisfaction for small pharmacy benefit managers that serve less than 20 million members, according...
WEDC: Awards site assessment grants to eight communities
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Contact: Tom Thieding, 608-210-6767 tom.thieding@wedc.org
WEDC awards site assessment grants to eight communities
MADISON, Wis., June 26, 2013 – The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation today announced it has awarded Site Assessment Grants to eight Wisconsin communities to assist in environmental assessment and mitigation. The Brownfield Site Assessment Grant Program is a state program for WEDC to grant...
Jansen: DWD’s new Office of Skills Development to work with private sector on worker training
Scott Jansen grew up in a blue-collar home on the northwest side of Milwaukee. His father drove a bus and his mother worked in the Singer Controls factory as a shipping clerk.
In the '60s and '70s, he saw the city's industrial base thrive. Later, he watched as manufacturing shrank, a victim of global competition and outsourcing.
Now Jansen,...
Free Tuesday Trends sample: Early-state investing rising, mining mixed and Milwaukee arena falling
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