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CONTACT: Terry Devitt, 608-262-8282, trdevitt@wisc.edu MADISON - A team of scientists from the Morgridge Institute for Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison reports that it has created induced human pluripotent stem (iPS) cells completely free of viral vectors and exotic genes. By reprogramming skin cells to an embryonic state using a plasmid rather than a virus to ferry reprogramming genes into...

During these hard economic times, businesses need to make every sales lead count. Mike Carroll, Sales Force Development Expert & President of Intelligent Conversations, will be holding a 90 minute seminar on Tuesday, April 29th at Maggiano's Little Italy located at 2500 N Mayfair Road in Wauwatosa. The workshop begins with a complimentary continental breakfast at 7:00am followed by the...

Madison, WI. (March 25, 2009) – Erdman, A Cogdell Spencer Company (Erdman) was rated the nation’s top design-build company by Modern Healthcare’s 2009 Construction & Design Survey. The company has consistently ranked in the top two for the past eight years; this is the second consecutive year topping the list. The survey compares design-build companies serving the...

MADISON, WISCONSIN— Quintessence Biosciences, Inc. announced today that the Phase I trial of its Investigational New Drug (IND), QBI-139, has begun enrolling patients. The Phase I Trial is taking place at the University of Wisconsin Paul P. Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center (UWCCC) in Madison. QBI-139 is the first of the Company’s EVade™ Ribonuclease drug candidates to reach...

From WisBusiness.com ... -- The unemployment rate hit double digits in 12 Wisconsin cities in February, with Beloit again seeing the highest rate in the state. Beloit's 16.9 percent unemployment rate was up from 15.2 percent in January. The other cities with double-digit rates were Appleton, Fond du Lac, Green Bay, Janesville, Kenosha, Manitowoc, Milwaukee, Racine, Sheboygan, Wausau...

By Dustin Choy For WisBusiness.com A Milwaukee designer is trying to do his part to help out fledgling businesses in the down economy: he's created a Web site, newbusinessmilwaukee.com, that offers free advertising for start-ups in the Milwaukee area. The creator, Tom Story, launched the site about one month ago and currently features more than 30 new Milwaukee area businesses. “The Web site’s...