“People who want a cure for X, Y and Z disease are going to be disappointed with the 10 years of progress,” said Dr. Tim Kamp, a UW-Madison cardiologist and co-director of the university’s Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center. “But from a realistic standpoint, I think things have progressed fairly well.”
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Peiman Hematti helps steer future of cell therapy
Congratulations to SCRMC faculty member Peiman Hematti, M.D., who has been appointed as co-chair of the Autoimmune Diseases and Cellular Therapy Working Committee for the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research.
UW scientists create a recipe to make human blood-brain barrier
The blood-brain barrier is the brain’s gatekeeper. A nearly impenetrable shield of cells, it keeps toxins and other agents that may be in circulating blood from gaining access to and harming the brain.
The SURFers’ Diaries: Not Your Typical Summer Vacation
Life may not have been a day at the beach for students in this year’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program, but they would not have traded their experiences for anything… and at least one …
WARF announces annual grant figures and Innovation Award winners
At a ceremony honoring several of the year’s most outstanding inventions, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) announced that it has granted the university $61.9 million for the 2017-18 academic year. WARF also announced $19 …
National Eye Institute awards prize for ‘Retina in a dish’ competition
Congratulations to SCRMC member David Gamm and team for receiving an honorable mention award in the National Eye Institute’s 3-D Retina Organoid Challenge. The winning team, four other honorable mention awardees and all winners’ proposals …
UW–Madison to partner in $20 million cell-based therapy center
The National Science Foundation has awarded nearly $20 million to a consortium of universities, including the University of Wisconsin–Madison, to support a new engineering research center that will develop transformative tools and technologies for the …
Nirupama Pike Named Director of New Cell Therapy Program
The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, in partnership with the UW Carbone Cancer Center, has chosen its first director of cell manufacturing at the Program for Advanced Cell Therapy (PACT). Nirupama Pike, PhD, will take the reins at the recently completed $1 million addition to the Clinical Hematopoietic Cell Processing Laboratory at University Hospital.
Where would stem cell research and outreach be today without Ka Yi Ling?
When it comes to student contributions to all things stem cell on the UW-Madison campus for the past 10 years, one name rises to the forefront: Ka Yi Ling.
Career Enhancement Opportunity (CEO) Program (Above photo)
Foundations of Innovations in Stem Cell Industries completed its first semester in May 2016.