Scientists from UW–Madison’s AIDS Vaccine Research Laboratory have tuned a relatively simple genetic testing process to find evidence of the novel coronavirus in saliva. David Beebe, a UW–Madison pathology professor and Salus, joined the group …
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UW researchers devise approach to treat rare, incurable form of blindness
A paper chronicling the research, co-led by David Gamm, MD, PhD, professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences in the School of Medicine and Public Health, was published online July 23 in the American Journal of Human Genetics. The …
Tiny mineral particles are better vehicles for promising gene therapy
Dr. Bill Murphy and his group have engineered slow-release mRNA delivery therapies that work effectively to promote healing in mice. July 1, 2020
Honors, Jacques Galipeau, MD
Dr. Galipeau started his two-year term serving as president-elect of the International Society for Cell & Gene Therapy (ISCT). The ISCT is a global society of clinicians, regulators, researchers, technologists and industry partners with a …
Meyerand, Zumbrunnen named vice provosts; Cramer to continue in special role
Beth Meyerand, professor of medical physics and biomedical engineering, will become the vice provost for faculty and staff affairs starting July 21st. June 9, 2020
Faculty receive WARF, Kellett, Romnes awards
Emery H. Bresnick, Gary Felsenfeld Professor of Cell and Regenerative Biology, is director of UW–Madison Blood Research Program and co-director of the Cancer Genetic/Epigenetic Mechanisms Program of the Carbone Cancer Center. His research led to …
Newly identified cellular trash removal program helps create new neurons
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience Darcie Moore led work with graduate student Christopher Morrow to discover how a cellular filament helps neural stem cells clear damaged and clumped proteins, an important step in eventually producing new …
Stem cells could help cancer patients fight dangerous infections
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have developed a more efficient way to grow the white blood cells that serve as front-line defenders against bacterial infections but are often depleted as a potentially deadly side effect …
SCRMC alumni shine
Welcome back, students! Check out our latest SCRMC Student Success Stories: Maybe you’ll recognize some of our alumni from SCRMC member labs. ISSCR featured Justin Brumbaugh this month and we also updated our Oct. 29 …
Marmoset stem cells carrying Parkinson’s mutation could lead to new model for studying disease
Parkinson’s disease researchers, including Dr. Marina Emborg, have used gene-editing tools to introduce the disorder’s most common genetic mutation into marmoset monkey stem cells and to successfully tamp down cellular chemistry that often goes awry …