The Friends reception took place on Tuesday, August 10, 2010 from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. in the 8th floor Ziemann Suite. This event brought together more than 80 people, including members of the Friend’s organization and faculty, staff, and students of the Waisman Center. The program featured an update on the previous year’s activities and achievements at the Waisman Center by center director Marsha Mailick Seltzer, PhD.
Month: August 2009
Wisconsin team grows retina cells from skin-derived stem cells
A team of scientists from the School of Medicine and Public Health has successfully grown multiple types of retina cells from two types of stem cells — suggesting a future in which damaged retinas could be repaired by cells grown from the patient’s own skin.