Advancing knowledge of human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases.
Epigenetics – the study of how environment can change and affect how genes function – was a new field for Phu Duong, PhD.
For Women’s History Month we are celebrating all of the women of Waisman who are advancing knowledge of intellectual and developmental disabilities and providing cutting-edge clinical care.
Retinal cells grown from stem cells can reach out and connect with neighbors, according to a new UW study, completing a “handshake” that may show the cells are ready for trials in humans with degenerative eye disorders.
More than 10,000 children are born each year with cerebral palsy (CP) making it the most common motor disability in childhood.
Early childhood maltreatment can have long lasting effects that follow a person into adulthood.
Messing wanted to study if the overexpression of GFAP resulted in a certain reactive response in the brain.
The Waisman Center has been at the forefront of research on cochlear implants and hearing science for more than two decades.
Alper’s path to communication sciences was not straight forward. She initially started down the biotechnology path and sprinkled in some reproductive embryology research as well. It wasn’t until she started in a voice physiology lab seeking research with more direct human interaction that she found the path she wanted to be on.
Unintentional weight loss in people with Down syndrome may predict the onset of Alzheimer’s disease long before typical cognitive symptoms like memory loss and dementia are apparent.
