UWM chancellor wants two new research campuses
Santiago wants separate campuses f...Doyle wants sales tax applied to digital downloads
The proposed tax, put forth two years after a similar proposal died at the committee le...Researcher wants to commercialize adult stem cell discovery
Sieber-Blum, a professor of cell biology, neurobiology, and anatomy at the , leads a research team that has applied for a patent on its work to isolate, grow, and...Senate wants state involved in healthcare-IT partnership
Bill AB 907, which was introduced by state representative Gregg Underheim and approved unanimously by the Senate on Wednesday, authorizes the state to participate directly in the Wisconsin Health Infor...State wants to encourage industrial biotechnology
Most of the biotech companies you'll hear about are developing new drugs, genetic tests or similar life-science advances. But some are merging biotech with Wisconsin's old signature industries: agriculture and forest products. "Neither of those is exactly rolling in cash right now. They're tough industries," said Pat Meier, director of Wisconsin's Cons...IMA wants members not to do sex determination tests during pregnancy
The Indian Medical Association has asked its members to refrain from conducting sex-determination tests and aiding female foeticide. No support would be extended to practitioners caught in the act, the IMA said on Sunday. "We as an organisation should warn our members against aiding in such heinous crimes", said Dr. Vinay Agarwal, joint secretary, IMA headquarters, New Delhi. He was spe...Debra Winger Wants Indians Abroad To Help Visually Impaired
Debra Winger, the Hollywood actress who is promoting eye care will be approaching Indians living abroad to help the visually impaired people living in India. Even though the country has a very high number// of visually impaired people, 80% of them can be cured, according to Debra Winger. Winger, who at the age of 17 met with an accident that left her temporarily blind, but she came ou...Indian Doctor Wants March 21st To Be Celebrated As World Down Syndrome Day
Balbir Singh, president of Down Syndrome International (DSI), is an Indian origin Singapore doctor who got involved in the Down Syndrome fraternity after the birth of his daughter Jaspreet 25 years ago who had Down’s syndrome. Down Syndrome Association (DSI) Singapore, founded by Singh// some 25 years ago, on talking in the Southern African Conference on Down Syndrome and Intellectual Disability...Rolling Stones Guitarist Wants Chemotherapy
Washington: Desire to have chemotherapy - whether needed or not is a very unlikely request. Keith Richards, the guitarist for the rock band ‘The Rolling Stones’ has revealed that// he is seriously considering undergoing chemotherapy whether he needs it or not. Keith said that he had was seriously thinking about it after seeing its beneficial effects on ‘Brown Sugar’ drummer Charlie W...Students wants to extent Tution waiver in Ontario
Ontario College and University will be stopping the Tution waiver which they were giving to their school students for the past two years. The Minister Chris Bentley announced that from next year the students have to pay their tution fees and he said that// the quality of education would be increased in all the schools. The students in protest to this announcement has posted thousands of postcards...