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FoodChain, a UW-Madison Spinout, Gets Acquired by the Dohmen Company

April 7, 2020

Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Co-founders Jake Levitt and Ben Winters launched the company in 2019. The startup entered the Discovery to Product (D2P) program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and participated in …

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UW–Madison publishing and printing team makes face shields to protect UW Hospital workers

April 3, 2020

Trying to unwind after a long, hectic day working at UW Health, Leigh Larson couldn’t fall asleep. As director of graduate medical education and medical staff administration, her mind raced through the frightening scenarios that …

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FluGen, UW-Madison researchers developing COVID-19 vaccine

April 2, 2020

UW-Madison researchers and the vaccine companies FluGen and Bharat Biotech are developing and testing a vaccine against COVID-19 called CoroFlu, they announced Thursday. CoroFlu will build on FluGen’s flu vaccine candidate known as M2SR. That …

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UW–Madison, FluGen, Bharat Biotech to develop CoroFlu, a coronavirus vaccine

April 2, 2020

An international collaboration of virologists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the vaccine companies FluGen and Bharat Biotech has begun the development and testing of a unique vaccine against COVID-19 called CoroFlu. CoroFlu will build …

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Answering the call: Engineering alum races from Utah to Wisconsin to contribute ventilator expertise

April 1, 2020

For Tyler Vermey, a crazy cross-country trip that included the aftermath of an earthquake and a raging blizzard was just the beginning of his role in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. Until March 15, he and …

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Exact Sciences, Promega, UW Health and more partner with state to expand COVID-19 testing

March 31, 2020

Several businesses are partnering with the Wisconsin Clinical Lab Network to increase the state’s capacity to test people for the novel coronavirus. According to a statement from Gov. Tony Evers’ office, Fitchburg-based Promega, Madison-based Exact …

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With medical supplies dwindling in COVID-19 pandemic, Wisconsin businesses shift gears

March 30, 2020

No one will be drinking Doundrins Distilling’s newest product — it’s hand sanitizer. On the other side of Dane County, workers are assembling face shields for doctors based on a design sketched out by UW-Madison …

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UW-Madison School of Pharmacy producing hand sanitizer

March 27, 2020

UW-Madison School of Pharmacy is stepping in to produce hand sanitizers for UW Health. Ed Elder, with the UW Madison School of Pharmacy, said it was a challenge at first to obtain the ingredients: alcohol, …

Posted in COVID, News, Stories

Engineers Made a DIY Face Shield. Now It’s Helping Doctors

March 26, 2020

Early last week, Lennon Rodgers, director of the Engineering Design Innovation Lab at University of Wisconsin-Madison, got an urgent email from the university’s hospital. Could his lab make 1,000 face shields to protect staff testing …

Posted in COVID, News, Stories

UW researchers study COVID-19 coronavirus to try to develop treatments, vaccines

March 25, 2020

In his UW-Madison lab, Adel Talaat developed an experimental vaccine to protect chickens from coronavirus. When the pandemic of a different strain arose in people late last year, Talaat used his technique to create a …

Posted in COVID, News, Stories
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