The Wisconsin hub focuses on personalized medicine, or tailoring treatments to a patient’s genetic makeup or other individual characteristics. Along with UW-Madison and Madison Area Technical College, partners include Madison companies Accuray and Exact Sciences, GE Healthcare and Rockwell Automation in the Milwaukee area and Neenah-based manufacturer Plexus.
Every patient is a unique individual. They have their own genetics, their own exposures to the environment that they have been in,” said Dr. Muhammed Murtazais, associate director of the Center for Human Genomics and Precision Medicineat the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “And, so, precision medicine is this approach that could we actually learn more about each individual patient, so that each patient gets the right drug at the right time.
Thanks to a recent study from the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, UW said Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell therapy can be improved by altering the conditions the T-cells are grown in. Researchers at the WID accomplished this through “metabolic priming.”
As a Wisconsin resident, I am proud of the role played by UW-Madison in gene therapy and its future potential. Unfortunately, our Legislature fails to appreciate the university’s scientific contributions to humanity when it comes to funding.
Pocan is proposing to double the size of need-based Pell Grants, a federal assistance program that began in the 1970s. Pocan received Pell Grants himself when he attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
All three of the Universities of Wisconsin’s vice presidents will be serving in interim status come September.
Steph Tai, law professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School, said the decision means that litigants, regardless of whether they’re conservative or liberal, will likely bring cases before courts that align with their own political preferences despite claims that judges are impartial.
“They’re going to pick judges that are more likely to be sympathetic to their argument that whatever federal regulation should be overturned,” Tai said.
Dr. Ikyaator was born in Nigeria and moved to the United States when she was 8 years old. She attended the University of Georgia and graduated with a bachelor’s in Nutrition Science in 2005. She subsequently gained a full academic scholarship to study medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
Four Badger women’s rowing alumni will go to the Olympics this summer. We talk with the program’s head coach Vicky Opitz about the secrets to elite rowing success and introducing novices to the sport. Plus, we go over the basics of rowing for new spectators.
The University of Wisconsin’s director of cross country and track and field was again its most-rewarded coach in bonuses for the spring season.
“Litigation seems to now be a fixture of each party’s political and electoral strategies,” said Miriam Seifter, an attorney with the State Democracy Research Initiative at the University of Wisconsin Law School.
Duck Donuts, the North Carolina-based doughnut shop franchise known for its unique menu offerings and build-your-own donuts, is opening its first Wisconsin location near the University of Wisconsin-Madison this summer. According to the shop’s Facebook page, it plans to open in late July at 3308 University Ave., Madison.
