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By Susan Pauer For WisBusiness.com MADISON – About 70 percent of dental practitioners in the United States suffer from back injuries. As a result, almost a third of dentists are forced to retire early, according to an industry survey. However, a Wisconsin firm’s innovative research and design is providing a solution to the type of chronic, debilitating back pain that...

CONTACTS: Janet L. Kelly, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, 608-890-1491, jkelly@warf.org; Christine Thomas, Russell Communications Group, 310-559-4955 (x103), christinethomas@ruscom.com MADISON, - VistaGen Therapeutics and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) have signed a license for human embryonic stem cell patents for the development and commercialization of stem cell-based research tools. VistaGen, a biotechnology company based in South San Francisco, is one...

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CONTACT: Ken Cameron, 608-265-9237, kmcameron@wisc.edu MADISON - After 10 years in New York City, Ken Cameron was ready for a change. As the director of the primary molecular research lab at the New York Botanical Garden, Cameron had been working at a world-renowned institution with a first-rate team of botanists and had access to some of the finest resources available....

Media Contact: Steve Schultz (608) 458-3285 Heavy snow and ice can affect meters and cause safety concerns MADISON , WI – December 18, 2008 – While most area residents have dug out their driveways and sidewalks from the recent winter storms, the snow we’ve already gotten and the snow that’s predicted in the coming days could still cause problems with gas...

CONTACT: Susan Bach, Director of Communications PHONE: 414- 847- 6085 FAX: 414-302- 0355 E-MAIL: sbach@wisconsin.bbb.org Milwaukee , Wis. -- As a result of the declining...

CONTACT: Susan Bach, Director of Communications PHONE: 414- 847- 6085 FAX: 414-302- 0355 E-MAIL: sbach@wisconsin.bbb.org Milwaukee, Wis. -- Billions of dollars will be spent on...

Contact: Donna Gilson 608-224-5130 MADISON – A second white-tailed deer has tested positive for chronic wasting disease, from a herd of deer that were euthanized in November on a Portage County hunting preserve. The first CWD-positive deer, a 7½-year-old doe, was discovered during routine testing after it was shot in September. That discovery led to destroying the herd so the...

From WisBusiness.com ... -- Leaders of Wisconsin Way say the state is on the wrong track for economic growth and prosperity. In fact, one leader of the group says Wisconsin is digging itself into a fiscal hole that may be hard to correct without some big changes. To redirect its course, Wisconsin needs to significantly beef up investment...