Personalized medicine could see big boost after Wisconsin designated a tech hub
The designation means the state can compete for $40 million to $70 million to expand its biohealth industry. Source: LacrosseTribune.com
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Study finds Wisconsin’s password security is weakest in the nation
Wisconsinites don’t change their passwords often enough. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month in Wisconsin and nationwide. The website Casino.org – which bills itself as the World’s gaming authority – conducted a study which found that Wisconsin has the worst password security in the nation. The study, based on a survey of 2,000 U.S. residents […] Source: WRN.com
Read moreUW effort to map Down syndrome brain raises prospect of treatment for disorder
A brain atlas of Down syndrome, by UW-Madison researchers using stem cells, could propel drugs to reduce intellectual disability, an idea that has parents split. Source: LacrosseTribune.com
Read moreEx-officer sentenced after assaulting man during unrest in Minneapolis after murder of George Floyd
A former Minneapolis police officer has been sentenced to 15 days in the county workhouse after pleading guilty to assaulting a Black man during the unrest that followed the murder of George Floyd by another officer in 2020. Thirty-five-year-old Justin… Source: LacrosseTribune.com
Read moreMan fires gun near pro-Palestinian rally outside Chicago, another pepper-sprays crowd, police say
Police in suburban Chicago arrested two people after a man allegedly fired a shot and the other pepper-sprayed pro-Palestinian demonstrators. The Chicago Sun-Times reported the episode took place Sunday near a banquet hall in Skokie, where about 1,000 people had… Source: LacrosseTribune.com
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