Grafting neurons grown from monkeys’ own cells into their brains relieved the debilitating movement and depression symptoms associated with Parkinson’s disease, researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison reported today. In a study published in the …
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UW vision researchers partner with U.S. Department of Defense to develop stem cell therapy for combat-related eye injuries
The project, led by David Gamm, MD, PhD, director of the McPherson Eye Research Institute and professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, will develop a transplantable …
New Visualization Method Gets to the Heart of Parkinson’s Disease
This week, the NIH Office of Research Infrastructure Programs highlights Dr. Marina Emborg, her WNPRC lab team and their UW–Madison colleagues’ advances in detecting heart disease in Parkinson’s and evaluating new therapies that specifically target …
Celebrating 25 years of embryonic stem cell research at UW–Madison
It’s been 25 years since University of Wisconsin–Madison scientist James Thomson became the first in the world to successfully isolate and culture primate embryonic stem cells. He accomplished this breakthrough first with nonhuman primates at …
Study points way to possible new treatment for ligament injuries
“EEMs and exosomes each have attractive characteristics as therapeutics,” Dr. Hematti, UW-Madison’s Department of Medicine, noted.” As a cell therapy, EEMs will not proliferate or differentiate to undesirable cell types, which remains a concern for …
Stem cells can repair Parkinson’s-damaged circuits in mouse brains
University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers, led by UW–Madison neuroscientist Su-Chun Zhang, demonstrated a proof-of-concept stem cell treatment in a mouse model of Parkinson’s disease. They found that neurons derived from stem cells can integrate well into the …
Dr. Hematti receives bonus acknowledgement from Be The Match
Be the match extended their sincere gratitude for Dr. Hematti’s commitment to patients and donors. Despite the challenges that have been faced over the past several months, this commitment hasn’t faded and, in fact, has …
Simpler COVID-19 test could provide results in hours from saliva
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 …
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