Category Health & Wellness
Parsley and other plants lend form to human stem cell scaffolds
The result could one day be an efficient, inexpensive and scalable technology for making tiny structures to repair muscle, organs and bone using stem cells.
Surgeon honored for work in orthopedics, sports medicine
The American Medical Women’s Association will honor Dr. Tamara Scerpella with its Woman in Science Award, recognizing her contributions to medical science, through basic research, publications and leadership in the field.
Smartphone technology could combat workplace injuries
Researchers may be able to harness relatively simple technological tools to create a solution that is easy, efficient and economically viable.
Researchers make headway toward understanding Alexander disease
The new finding by the UW–Madison Waisman Center could change the way scientists think about and try to solve the rare, fatal disorder.
App offers fast track for inserting photos into medical record
Two UW radiologists founded ImageMoverMD, a Middleton business that streamlines image processing in hospitals and clinics, and enables quick consultations between specialists.
University Ridge offers a ski course for the public
“Madison embraces skiing,” says G. Michael Gaspard, general manager of University Ridge. “We are open to the public, we are a resource to help keep people active year-round, and we’ll take as many people as we can get.”
Study shows stem cells fiercely abide by innate developmental timing
Scientists from the Morgridge Institute for Research and UW–Madison are studying whether stem cell differentiation rates can be accelerated in the lab and made available to patients faster.
Listeria may be serious miscarriage threat early in pregnancy
Listeria makes about 1,600 Americans sick each year — a relatively small number, but a group heavy on newborn babies and older adults with undeveloped or weak immune systems.
UW Research to help feds target diabetes outreach
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will use UW research on at-risk neighborhoods to target diabetes education efforts to seniors residing in the most disadvantaged areas.
From mice, clues to microbiome’s influence on metabolic disease
The microorganisms that reside in the gut work in tandem with the genes of a host organism to regulate insulin secretion, a key variable in the onset of diabetes.
Two from UW–Madison contribute to human gene editing report
The National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Medicine issued a 258-page report Tuesday (Feb. 14) focused on human genome editing. It lays out…
Two School of Nursing faculty members are honored
Two University of Wisconsin‒Madison School of Nursing faculty members have earned awards from the Midwest Nursing Research Society.
UW scientists find key cues to regulate bone-building cells
The prospect of regenerating bone lost to cancer or trauma is a step closer to the clinic.
UW-Madison spinoff releases new module to help women, doctors decide on mammogram
HealthDecision, LLC, a 7-year old startup with deep roots at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has just released the fourth module in a series intended to help doctors and patients share decisions.
Startup harnesses stem cells for new medical uses
Stem Pharm’s custom materials support growing human cells to evaluate potential drugs or serve as replacement tissues for regenerative medicine.
Center helps make radiation treatment for cancer safer
Tracking down and eliminating errors is radiation therapy is the stock-in-trade of the Center for the Assessment of Radiological Sciences, an organization born at the UW–Madison in 2012.
UW organ transplant, donation programs have record year
The UW Health Transplant Program, celebrating its milestone 50th year of service in 2016, and UW Organ and Tissue Donation both experienced one of their busiest years on record.
Calorie restriction lets monkeys live long and prosper
Settling a persistent scientific controversy, a long-awaited report shows that restricting calories does indeed help rhesus monkeys live longer, healthier lives.
UW-Madison launches Microbiome Initiative
Recent studies have shown that the complement of microorganisms known as the microbiome is an important determinant of human health and disease.
Byzantine skeleton yields 800-year-old genomes from a fatal infection
Researchers discovered extraordinarily well preserved microfossils — mineralized ‘ghost cells’ — that closely resembled bacteria from the genus Staphylococcus.