Wisconsin?s bioscience industry provides jobs for 24,000 employees whose paychecks are nearly two-thirds higher than the average Wisconsin worker, a study released Wednesday shows. And the industry, which ranges from drug development to medical instrument manufacturing, is growing. Stemina Biomarker Discovery is an example of the growth. The Madison stem cell company had six employees in December 2007; today, it has 10 and is looking to hire at least three more. Stemina also received word this week that it will get $1 million in a phase 2 contract with the National Cancer Institute to find biomarkers associated with cancer stem cells.?We?ll be looking at more cancer stem cell lines and we?ll be taking it into animal models in collaboration with both the UW-Madison and the Mayo Clinic,? Donley said.
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