University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tag: Epigenetics

In the lab where sign language advances science: A spotlight on Phu Duong

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Epigenetics – the study of how environment can change and affect how genes function – was a new field for Phu Duong, PhD.

Study finds a key to nerve regeneration

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Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have found a switch that redirects helper cells in the peripheral nervous system into “repair” mode, a form that restores damaged axons. Axons are long fibers on neurons that transmit nerve impulses. The peripheral nervous system, the signaling network outside the brain and spinal cord, has some ability to …