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MADISON, Wis., March 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Nerites Corporation has received a $100,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The grant will fund research on Nerites' novel biodegradable, water-resistant tissue adhesives. "This peer-reviewed award is another validation of the viability of our technology,"...

According to a recent article in PC World, over the next five years it ispredicted that U.S. businesses will need 21 million new informationtechnology (IT) workers. To help meet the growing need for a strong ITworkforce, the University of Wisconsin-Wisconsin together with the Businessand Education Advisory Board of Washington High School of InformationTechnology in Milwaukee, is sponsoring an IT...

Governor Jim Doyle today announced steps that will strengthen University of Wisconsin campuses across the state and help launch advancements at the Institutes for Discovery.  In his Capital Budget proposal, Governor Doyle included $133 million to upgrade facilities and provide new resources for UW-Superior, UW-La Crosse, UW-Parkside, and UW-Oshkosh, as well as a $10 million partnership with UW-Platteville to...

MADISON - Prions, the rogue proteins that cause chronic wasting disease and similar maladies, may be more mobile in soil that is more alkaline, suggests a new study by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers.That finding has implications for the safe disposal of carcasses of animals infected with chronic wasting disease, "mad cow" disease, scrapie and other prion diseases. Prions from...

OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to A- (Excellent) from A (Excellent) and has assigned an issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a-” to Wisconsin Municipal Mutual Insurance Company (Madison, WI). The outlook for both ratings is stable. The ratings reflect the company’s somewhat limited profile as a single state writer of casualty business...

MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Metavante Corporation, the banking and payments technology subsidiary of Marshall & Ilsley Corporation (NYSE: MI), today announced that Chicago-based Corus Bank, N.A. has entered into an extensive agreement with Metavante for fully outsourced core processing services. Corus Bank, N.A., the wholly owned banking subsidiary of Corus Bankshares, Inc., has elected the Metavante Integrated Banking Solution (IBS) to include...

A consortium of nine leading scientific and medical institutions, including the University of Wisconsin-Madison, called on Congress March 19 to increase support for biomedical research and warned that the persistent flat funding of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) could thwart advances in treatments for such diseases as cancer and Alzheimer's. UW-Madison is a signatory to a 21-page report...

HOUGHTON MI -Upper Peninsula Power Company has scheduled public presentations at four locations to discuss its Shoreline Management Plans (SMPs) for five hydroelectric projects (involving six reservoirs). The Shoreline Management Plans are now available for review on UPPCO's Web site: www.uppco.com/info/landsale.asp At the meetings and through April 21, 2007, UPPCO will accept written comments on the proposed plans, which...

MADISON - Accessing high-quality health information on the Internet may improve breast cancer patients' opinions about their doctors, according to a new study conducted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Center of Excellence in Cancer Communications Research, funded by the National Cancer Institute. Prior research shows that many breast cancer patients go to the Internet to learn about their disease....

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