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Sex Steroid Regulation of Vasopressin Levels Secreted by hNT Neurons*

N.Y. Zachariah Department of BiomedicalSciences, University of North Texas Health Science Center This article...

Regulations still stymie business investment in high-growth companies

"Today it is easier to legally gamble your life savings away than it is to invest in emerging, growth Wisconsin comp...

Reagents for Up and Down-Regulation of miRNA Activity in Mammalian Cells

More than 200 miRNAs have been cloned and sequenced from human and mouse samples. Each miRNA apparently regulates multiple genes, and miRNAs are thought to regulate as many as 10% of human genes [1]. Several reports predict mR...

Th1 and Th2 Balance, Regulation, and Involvement in Disease

Cytokines are the hormonal messengers responsible for most of the biological effects in the immune system, such as cell-mediated immunity and allergic type responses. T lymphocytes are a major source of cytokines. These cells bear antigen-specific receptors on their cell surface to allow recognition of foreign pathogens. There are two main subsets of T lymphocytes, distinguished by th...

Regulations designed to protect 'the little guy' are crimping job growth

Invest less in academic research and development, which has a track record of producing commercially valuable innovation. Overwork the patent system to t...

FCC may restructure to tackle broadband regulation

The Federal Communications Commission is discussing how to rewrite the entire statute that governs how the agency works and how it regulates communications, said Kathleen Abernathy, an FCC Commissioner and graduate of Marquette University. Abernathy spoke to communications executives gathered at the Eighth Annual Midwestern Telecommunications & Technology Conference in Milwaukee. <br...

Technology regulation spurred by a mix of science and politics

MADISON Without technology innovators, would regulators have anything to do? Four events in the past week or so are a reminder that for every breakthrough in fields such as biotechnology and nanotechnology, another regulatory hurdle pops up to slow the sprint toward progress. That wouldnt be surprising or even unwelcome if the skepticism was always based on scientific inquiry,...

SecurePipe and META Security Group join forces to provide regulation-compliant managed security

Madison-based an...

The HIPAA Security Regulation: The Journey to Compliance

For health care providers, health insurance companies and health care clearing houses April 21, 2005 is too close. This is because these organizations have to prepare to become compliant with the HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) security regulation. The healthcare organizations that have to comply with HIPAA are called covered entities. The HIPAA laws have been adopted...

The ABC's of telephone regulation in Wisconsin

MADISON, WI - You need a Doctorate in Acronyms to figure out what's happening these days on the business end of your telephone. Here's a short course in how to read the alphabet soup of government regulatory decisions and what the latest rulings may mean to your home or business: This is Wisconsin's largest local-service telephone company, serving about 70 percent of the sta...