Advancing knowledge of human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases.
John Svaren, PhD’s paper “Genome editing-enabled HTS assays expand drug target pathways for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease,” examines how the use of genome editing places his research one step closer to a potential cure for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
The link between a protein typically associated with Alzheimer’s disease and its impact on memory and cognition may not be as clear as once thought, according to a new study from the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Waisman Center. The findings are revealing more information about the earliest stages of the neurodegenerative disease. The researchers — including …
U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (WI-02) visited the Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison on September 3 to discuss the Next Generation Research Act and federal funding to support early career researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). During his visit, Pocan toured the Waisman Center with Interim Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education Marsha …
The expanding ability to decipher human DNA has made genetic testing widely available. But it takes a pro to translate the information.
Are we in the throes of a "zeitgeist" moment, when world leaders and CEOs embrace the role that mindfulness plays in cultivating health, compassion and happiness?
Teenagers spurning family time and conversation for Candy Crush during the holiday season is nearly as common a sight these days as turkey and baked ham.
Poverty may have direct implications for important, early steps in the development of the brain, saddling children of low-income families with slower rates of growth in two key brain structures, according to researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
With evidence growing that meditation can have beneficial health effects, scientists have sought to understand how these practices physically affect the body.
Students aren’t alone when it comes to exam nerves. Turns out some professors grapple with worry and angst at test time, too.
Stu Levitan, Isthmus Wednesday, Nov. 20, 1963 Cloudy, humid, high 48 President John F. Kennedy begins his last full day in the White House with a Western Union telegram to UW–Madison President Fred Harvey Harrington. Kennedy congratulates Dr. Harry Waisman and his colleagues at the UW Orthopedic Children’s Hospital on that afternoon’s dedication of the …
