Winslow Sargeant: Stepping onto the train called Wisconsin - Part 2
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Winslow Sargeant, the keynote speaker at last week's Early Stage Symposium at Madison's Monona Terrace, was twelve, living with three sisters, one brother and his parents in Dorch...Midwest called next 'biotech hotbed'
The Midwest will become the nation's next "biotech hotbed," the leader of a West Coast venture capital firm said Wednesday, pointing to initiatives in Wisconsin and other states in the region. "The Midwest's biotechnology parts are greater than its whole right now," said G. Steven Burrill, CEO of , a San Francisco-based firm who...Human stem cells called great opportunity for drug discovery
It's an area that for many years has been steeped in the use of mouse cells, which have proved invaluable for research since disease works within...Why is Enron now called Prisma?
After a $60 billion rip-off, this disgraced energy giant sheds its old image of ENWRONG to PRISMA. After paying $665 million in legal fees, the company is restructured under the new identity of PRISMA while some of its executives walk to prison. The PRISMA Corporation<...Pasta sauces recalled in cancer scare
European stores are removing thousands of jars of pasta sauces because they contain a cancer-causing dye normally used in gasoline and shoe polish.// Sky News said consumers are being warned to avoid the affected brands, including Bertolli, as well as private-label sauces made for supermarket chains Sainsbury's and Safeway. The alert follows the discovery of a red dye cal...Dyslexia Gene Identified and Called "KIAA0319"
Researchers led by Professor Julie Williams and Professor Michael O'Donovan at Cardiff University// have discovered the gene which is likely to be the cause of dyslexia in children. An analysis of 300 families where at least one child suffered from dyslexia was done to identify the gene. The gene has been called "KIAA0319". "This is a major breakthrough and the first study to ident...Scientists Consider About New Technology Called Nanotechnology
“AGARA mudhala Ezhutthellam AADHI Bhagawan Mudattre Ulagu”Wondering what the above verses from Thirukurral written by Thiruvalluvar somewhere around 300 BC is doing in this special report about nanotechnology? // “ Annuvai Thulaithu Ezhkadalai Purati Kuruga Tharitha Kurral” – OuvvaySuch is the ingenuity of its author, that he has compressed within its narrow limits all the branche...Bird Flu Meet called by France for EU Countries
Paris, Oct 11 Recent reports of bird flu from Turkey and Romania have alerted the , French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy to have an urgent meet of European Union ministers to coordinate decisions on fighting the illness.// Douste-Blazy, a physician by profession told France 2 television: “This is an animal epidemic. The bird flu virus is in the process of spreading and has...