For the millions of Americans whose vision is slowly ebbing due to degenerative diseases of the eye, the lowly neural progenitor cell may be riding to the rescue. In a study in rats, neural progenitor cells derived from human fetal stem cells have been shown to protect the vision of animals with degenerative eye disease similar to the kinds of diseases that afflict humans.
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Waisman Clinical BioManufacturing Facility to produce pre-flu vaccine
CytoDyn, Inc. has selected the Waisman Clinical BioManufacturing Facility at the University of Wisconsin at Madison to manufacture the Company’s DNA-based pre-flu vaccine. CytoDyn’s pre-flu vaccine provides an alternative approach to immunization that could make …
Study looks at benefits of two cochlear implants in deaf children
Nature has outfitted us with a pair of ears for good reason: having two ears enhances hearing.
Waisman Center Opens Early Autism and Communication Research Clinic (EACRC)
The Waisman Center’s newest clinic will help researchers learn more about language development in young children newly diagnosed with autism. The Early Autism and Communication Research Clinic (EACRC), co-directed by Susan Ellis Weismer and Morton …
Fragile X protein may play role in Alzheimer’s disease
A brain afflicted by severe Alzheimer’s disease is a sad sight, a wreck of tangled neural connections and organic rubble as the lingering evidence of a fierce internal battle.
Study profiles rate of autism in Wisconsin
A Wisconsin autism surveillance project reported today (Feb. 8) that approximately five out of every 1,000 Wisconsin children born in 1994 display symptoms indicative of autism.
Stem cells used to create critical brain barrier in lab
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.
Maribeth Gettinger, PhD, organizes reading seminar on racial/ethnic topics
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.
Brain’s ‘fear center’ may underlie autistic behaviors
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.
The work of Rich Pauli with parents of stillborn babies featured in On Wisconsin Magazine
Medical geneticist Richard Pauli has made a career of helping families who have lost an infant to stillbirth.