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Medical College lands $8.1M grant to detect bird flu, bioterror agents

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Diamond Film May Enable Critical New Sensors For Bioterror

MADISON - In this time of the chronic threat of terrorism and the possibility of war with an adversary who may be armed with biological weapons, high on the wish list of security agencies and battlefield commanders is a quick and easy way to detect the presence of dangerous biological agents. Now, with the help of a novel diamond film developed by chemists at the University of Wisconsin-...

Reduce Errors and Save Time When Setting Up PCRs

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) setup typically requiresthawing of the various reagents, setting up a master mix,then distributing the mix to the individual reaction tubes. The various handling steps can cause pipetting mistakes and experimental erro...

New Automated Yeast Cell Counter Ends Tedium & Errors of Manual Counting

, an automated device for counting mammalian cells, the new NucleoCounter YC-100 for yeast combines a fluorescence microscope with CCD camera and integrated i...

WTN Interview: HHS Secretary calls for $550 million health care fund to reduce deaths caused by medical errors

: SAN FRANCISCO Wisconsins consummate cheerleader, former governor and current Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson, was the featured lunch keynote speaker Monday at the BIO 2004 Conference, talking place this week in San Francisco. Thompson took the podium after San Franciscos new mayor,...

UW Hospital completes deployment of error-reducing technology

MADISON The has completed its hospital-wide deployment of a point-of-care bar code scanning application, with the final system being implemented in the hospital's pediatric units. The system, deve...

OpGen Database Helps to Reduce Bioterrorist Threat

MADISON, Wis. - The need to rapidly identify biological agents that could be used for bioterrorist attacks has led to the creation of a genome database map by One of the most inf...

Wisconsin to Receive $25 Million for Bioterrorism

WASHINGTON - HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced that the Department of Health and Human Services has made available an additional $1.4 billion to increase the capacity of states, territories and metro areas to respond to terrorism and other public health emergencies. Wisconsin is scheduled to...