WARF Therapeutics’ portfolio includes innovations tied to “theranostics,” a term for delivery of radioactive drugs that can be diagnostic and therapeutic in the same dose. In short, it’s about pinpoint targeting of potentially malignant cells for both diagnosis with one drug and destruction with another.
May 21, 2024
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Higher Education/System
Madison College names Dr. Beth Giles-Klinkner new provost
Giles-Klinkner was one of three finalists for the position and will step into the new role immediately. She has served as Madison College Interim Provost during the 2023-24 academic year after the retirement of Dr. Turina Bakken.
State news
Tiffany partially correct on the claim that gray wolves have recovered
Sources include email conversation with Timothy Van Deelen, a professor in the Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Wisconsin – Madison and chair of the Environmental Conservation profession Masters Degree, May 10, 2024
Some immigrants can’t get Wisconsin driver’s licenses, but some want that to change
Erin Barbato, who directs the Immigrant Justice Law Center at the University of Wisconsin Law School, says it takes time for asylum seekers to get a work permit needed for a driver’s license. After entering the country, asylum seekers generally have one year to fill out an application proving they should be granted asylum status to remain in the U.S. because they fear persecution in their home countries.
“Even if someone comes here and is seeking asylum, they won’t be eligible for a work permit for about six months,” she said. “And in order to get that work permit, it’s going to take six months to a year.”
UW Experts in the News
17-year cicadas are emerging now in Wisconsin. Here’s where you can find them
On Friday, director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Insect Diagnostics Lab PJ Liesch said he received the summer’s first reports of Brood XIII 17-year cicadas emerging in Wisconsin.
‘Focus on personal protection’: Ticks came out early this year, keep yourself safe this summer
“With the mild El Niño winter we had this last year we started seeing some activity back in months like February,” UW Extension Entomologist PJ Liesch said. “I always like to remind folks that technically, you could bump into ticks in Wisconsin any month of the year as long as it’s warm enough. It generally has to be free of snow on the ground and about 40 degrees and above.”
UW Madison expert weighs in on Target’s grocery items price drop
UW Applied Economics Assistant Professor Andrew Stevens said it’s more than just an attempt to help people dealing with high grocery costs caused by inflation.
Biden campaign ad highlights Obamacare in appeal to independent voters
Barry Burden, director of the Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said focusing on health care plays to Biden’s strengths.
With RFK Jr. seeking spot on debate stage, a look at the last independent candidate to make it
Perot was “well received” in the 1992 debates, Tamas told ABC News. But he may have turned off a portion of the electorate who saw him as “not highly scripted or well prepared” on key issues, according to Barry Burden, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin.
H5N1 virus can be tracked in retail milk, scientists say
“Whenever you have a regulation, someone will find a way around it,” said Keith Poulsen, director of the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory and a professor of large animal internal medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.