University of Wisconsin–Madison

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Newborn screening program on UW–Madison campus helps millions

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Since 1978, more than 2.5 million Wisconsin babies have been touched by the University of Wisconsin–Madison within their first few days of being born.

Routine test reveals rare diseases

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“The newborn screening is most likely the first test of your child’s life,” says Mei Baker, MD, co-director of the Newborn Screening Laboratory at the Wisconsin State Lab of Hygiene and a Waisman Center affiliate investigator.

Patient-derived induced stem cells retain disease traits

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When neurons started dying in Clive Svendsen’s lab dishes, he couldn’t have been more pleased.