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Stem cells hint at potential treatment for Huntington’s disease

March 15, 2012

Huntington's disease, the debilitating congenital neurological disorder that progressively robs patients of muscle coordination and cognitive ability, is a condition without effective treatment, a slow death sentence.

UW-Madison invention basis for top honor in clean-energy competition

March 15, 2012

A new company built to commercialize a green-energy discovery at University of Wisconsin–Madison earned the top honor - and a check for $100,000 - at this month's Chicago Clean Energy Challenge.

Assessing innovative intervention for children with cerebral palsy

March 14, 2012

Five-year-old Lauren's cerebral palsy used to make eating meals an ordeal, going to bed a challenge, and crawling an impossibility.

Scientists produce eye structures from human blood-derived stem cells

March 13, 2012

For the first time, scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have made early retina structures containing proliferating neuroretinal progenitor cells using induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells derived from human blood.

Study pinpoints effects of different doses of an ADHD drug; finds higher doses may harm learning

March 8, 2012

New research with monkeys sheds light on how the drug methylphenidate may affect learning and memory in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Missing: Electron antineutrinos; Reward: Understanding of matter-antimatter imbalance

March 8, 2012

An international particle physics collaboration today (Thursday, March 8) announced its first results toward answering a longstanding question - how the elusive particles called neutrinos can appear to vanish as they travel through space.

UW law professor offers look at FDA from the inside out

March 8, 2012

UW Law Professor R. Alta Charo was senior policy adviser to the commissioner at the Food and Drug Administration from August 2009 until June 2011. Now back on campus, Charo spoke reflects on her time with the FDA.

Public reports on diabetes care helped drive clinic improvements in Wisconsin

March 7, 2012

In one of the first studies of the impact of publicly reporting quality measures on outpatient care, a research team has found that clinics made improvements in diabetes care when they began publicly reporting how they were treating patients with the chronic disease.

Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery named 2012 Laboratory of the Year

March 5, 2012

The Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, the innovative 330,000-sqaure-foot public-private facility that opened just more than a year ago on the UW–Madison campus, has been named the 2012 Laboratory of the Year.

In new book, leading neuroscientist describes your brain on emotion

March 5, 2012

Building on more than 30 years of cutting-edge brain research, a new book by UW–Madison psychology and psychiatry professor Richard J. Davidson offers an inside look into how emotions are coded in our brains and our power to control them.

Laboratory research shows promising approach to preventing Alzheimer’s

March 1, 2012

As scientists struggle to find an effective way to prevent Alzheimer's disease, researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public health may have found a new approach to interrupting the process that leads to the devastating disease.

Intercampus Research Incentive Program enters third year

February 29, 2012

The third year of the Intercampus Research Incentive Program is open to proposals, calling for research partnerships uniting University of Wisconsin–Madison and University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee faculty.

Daya Bay antineutrino detectors exceed performance goals

February 29, 2012

After just three months of operation, the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment has far surpassed expectations, recording tens of thousands of particle interactions and paving the way to a better understanding of neutrinos and why the universe is built of matter rather than antimatter.

From Adam’s housecat to zydeco: After five decades, Dictionary of American Regional English completed

February 23, 2012

What is a Maine-born doctor to do when a patient in Pennsylvania complains, “I’ve been riftin’ and I’ve got jags in my leaders?” Consult the Dictionary of American Regional English to learn that the patient has been belching and experiencing sharp pains in his neck. After nearly five decades of work at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the fifth volume of the dictionary, covering Sl to Z, is now available from Harvard University Press.

Tag Research

Stem cells hint at potential treatment for Huntington’s disease

UW-Madison invention basis for top honor in clean-energy competition

Assessing innovative intervention for children with cerebral palsy

Scientists produce eye structures from human blood-derived stem cells

Study pinpoints effects of different doses of an ADHD drug; finds higher doses may harm learning

Missing: Electron antineutrinos; Reward: Understanding of matter-antimatter imbalance

UW law professor offers look at FDA from the inside out

Public reports on diabetes care helped drive clinic improvements in Wisconsin

Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery named 2012 Laboratory of the Year

In new book, leading neuroscientist describes your brain on emotion

Laboratory research shows promising approach to preventing Alzheimer’s

Intercampus Research Incentive Program enters third year

Daya Bay antineutrino detectors exceed performance goals

From Adam’s housecat to zydeco: After five decades, Dictionary of American Regional English completed

Surprising diversity at a synapse hints at complex diversity of neural circuitry

Journal boycott gaining steam at UW–Madison

Does history repeat? Using the past to improve ecological forecasting

Proposed hunt poorly designed, says UW wolf expert

Mother of pearl tells a tale of ocean temperature, depth

Howard Zimmerman, pioneer in organic chemistry, dies at 85