UW-Madison: UW School of Veterinary Medicine advances spinal cord injury treatments
CONTACT: Lori Strelow, (608) 263-6914, lstrelow@svm.vetned.wisc.edu
MADISON - A full recovery from a spinal cord injury? Don't hold your breath.
Actually, according to Gordon Mitchell, a professor of neurosciences at the UW School of Veterinary Medicine, holding your breath might be exactly the right thing to do.
Mitchell and team members from the University of Saskatchewan, The Rehabilitation Institute of...
UW-Madison: Federal grant to benefit UW-Madison, state networks
Contact: Brian Rust, (608) 263-9484, rust@doit.wisc.edu
MADISON - The University of Wisconsin-Madison, in partnership with a group of national research and education networking organizations, could see a 10-fold increase in research computing capacity, thanks to a new federal stimulus grant.
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration today awarded more than $62.5 million in federal stimulus funding through its Broadband Technology...
ENDECE: Mequon drug discovery company unveils novel compounds for treating cancer
CONTACT: Susie Falk, The Falk Group PR
(414) 232-2562; sfalk@thefalkgrouppr.com
Preclinical Trial of Lead Compound Reveal Tumor Death, Reduced Toxicity
MEQUON, WIS., July 6 2010 – A Mequon, Wis.-based biopharmaceutical company is leading a paradigm shift in the treatment of cancer. Pre-clinical trials show a compound discovered and developed by ENDECE, LLC, stops...
Risser expects some kinks with smoking ban, but sees longterm success
Sen. Fred Risser is expecting a few bumps in the road as the statewide workplace smoking ban becomes law this week.
In an interview with WisPolitics, Risser, D-Madison, remembers there were some initial problems when his hometown adopted one of the first indoor smoking bans in the state five years ago.
“Anyone complains when there’s a change. A lot...
