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  2. Year: 2006
  3. Month: December

Month: December 2006

Stem cells used to create critical brain barrier in lab

Posted on December 20, 2006

Using neural stem cells derived from the fetal brains of rats, a team of Wisconsin scientists has devised a rudimentary blood-brain barrier in the lab.

Posted in 2006, News, Stem CellsTagged Blood-Brain Barrier, Stem Cells

Maribeth Gettinger, PhD, organizes reading seminar on racial/ethnic topics

Posted on December 16, 2006

Waisman researcher Maribeth Gettinger received a grant from the Institute on Race and Ethnicity for her organization of a campus reading group of books featuring racial/ethnic themes.

Posted in 2006, News, Research

Brain’s ‘fear center’ may underlie autistic behaviors

Posted on December 16, 2006

The brain’s emotional center is unusually small in autistic males with the most severe behavioral impairments, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers reported this month.

Posted in 2006, Autism, Brain Imaging, News, Research

The work of Rich Pauli with parents of stillborn babies featured in On Wisconsin Magazine

Posted on December 13, 2006

Medical geneticist Richard Pauli has made a career of helping families who have lost an infant to stillbirth.

Posted in 2006, News, Outreach, Service

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