Category: Research

A Madison company said Thursday it has been awarded $16 million to manufacture stem cell lines for research.C

We?re unearthing a piece from the University of Wisconsin – Madison and the archives of Aldo Leopold to try to inject a little spring in cold, mid-March.

Federal inspectors have cited a University of Wisconsin-Madison research lab after a cat was burned.

The Association of Women in Agriculture is asking its alumni and other supporters to mark their calendars for AWA Day, being held April 6 at the Lowell Center on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.

Federal inspectors have cited a University of Wisconsin-Madison research lab after a cat was burned.It was an incident that occurred last spring in a UW Madison lab ? a cat was burned on its leg. The kitty had a hand warmer to keep it warm, when it slipped onto its leg and burned it. The lab has been cited, but no penalties were issued.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison research lab has been cited by federal inspectors after a cat was burned.

Federal inspectors have cited a University of Wisconsin-Madison research lab after a cat was burned.The U.S. Department of Agriculture noted in the lab?s records that a hand warmer keeping the cat warm slipped onto its leg and burned it last April.

A University of Wisconsin-Madison lab was cited by the United States Department of Agriculture after inspectors noted in the lab?s records that a handwarmer keeping a cat warm slipped onto its leg and burned it last April.

In a powerful demonstration of reprogrammings potential to treat human disease and injury, scientists at University of Wisconsin-Madison turned a rhesus monkeys skin cells into early brain cells, then implanted them successfully in the monkeys brain.

MADISON, WI (WTAQ) – UW Madison scientists say a recent stem-cell experiment could lead to a future cure for Parkinson?s disease.Neuro-scientist Su-Chun Zhang said his team converted skin cells from a rhesus monkey into early brain cells ? and they then implanted them in the same monkey?s brain.

UW-Madison scientists transplanted brain cells derived from monkeys? skin into the monkeys? brains and watched the cells develop into mature brain cells, according to a new study.The findings, published in the journal Cell Reports, illustrate the potential for personalized medicine, where treatments are designed for each individual patient.

For the first time, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers successfully implanted stem cells generated from skin cells into the region of a monkey?s brain that was affected by Parkinson?s disease, according to a study released Thursday.

Scientists have taken cells from rhesus monkeys? skin, turned them into neural cells, then implanted them successfully into the monkeys? brains. After six months, the transplanted cells showed no scarring and looked healthy and normal?except that they glowed green, a characteristic the scientists added to the cells so they could find the cells later.

“This is the biggest crowd ever,” was the common greeting among attendees at the 16th Bi-annual Badger Invitational Dairy Sale held at the historic Stock Pavilion on the University of Wisconsin-Madison Ag campus last Saturday, March 9.

The Journal of Polymer Science: Polymer Physics is proud to announce that one of their recent editorial board appointees has been recognized with the 2013 Dillon Medal. Mahesh Mahanthappa, professor in the Chemistry Department at the University of Wisconsin?Madison, will be awarded the distinction at the upcoming American Physical Society (APS) March meeting in Baltimore, with a symposium held in his honor.

At its best, the Web is a place for unlimited exchange of ideas. But Web-savvy news junkies have known for a long time that reader feedback can often turn nasty. Now a study in the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication suggests that rude comments on articles can even change the way we interpret the news.

We wouldn?t be surprised if the now-ubiquitous advice, ?Don?t read the comments,? was likely first uttered soon after online readers were given the ability to leave notes at the end of blog posts, news stories, or whatever online content that they were watching or reading on the Internet (those four words of conventional wisdom even has its own dedicated Twitter feed.) Now, however, there is empirical evidence suggesting that reading the comments can actually affect the way that you understand the original story.

Participants in the University of Wisconsin-Madison study were given one of three definitions, each of which framed nanotechnology differently. One definition highlighted nanotechnology?s novel applications, another focused on its risks and benefits, and a third touched on both applications and risks and benefits. The researchers then assessed the participants? level of support for nanotechnology and their level of engagement?their interest in learning more.

March 9 (Reuters) – Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist Carol Greider used to have eight to 10 young researchers working in her university laboratory, but with U.S. government funds for scientific research shrinking in recent years, she?s gone down to four.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison stands to lose about $35 million in research funding in the next year, or 3.5% of its roughly $1 billion research base, through automatic cuts to the federal budget, UW System President Kevin Reilly said Thursday.

Ron Kalil, a neuroscientist at the University of Wisconsin?Madison, didn?t expect to see his son among the 28,500 attendees at the meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in New Orleans last October. And he wondered why Tom Kalil, deputy director for policy at the White House?s Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), was accompanied by Miyoung Chun, vice-president of science programmes at the Kavli Foundation in Oxnard, California.

Researchers from George Mason University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison set up a fake blog with a news item on a new (and also fake) technological product called nanosilver that had several benefits and several risks. They then created two versions of the news post, one with comments that ran the gamut from supportive to skeptical but were civil, and one where the comments ran the same gamut but contained rude outbursts, obscenities and attacks on other commenters.

MEYRIN, Switzerland ? Vivek Sharma missed his daughter. A professor at the University of California, San Diego, Dr. Sharma had to spend months at a time away from home, coordinating a team of physicists at the Large Hadron Collider, here just outside Geneva. But on April 15, 2011, Meera Sharma?s 7th birthday, he flew to California for some much-needed family time. ?We had a fine birthday, a beautiful day,? he recalled.

Embedded in the national debate over automatic cuts in the federal budget ? the sequester ? is a question that could hit Wisconsin harder than many states: What is Washington?s role in fostering innovation?

It can take a lot of effort to eat well, exercise regularly and try to stay healthy, especially this time of year.For individuals, addressing public health problems ? such as obesity, health illiteracy and cancer ? can seem even more daunting.

The human tongue is an extraordinary bit of flesh. It?s alternately squishy and tense, at times delicate and others powerful. It helps us taste, talk, and tie cherry stems, all the while avoiding two interlocking rows of sharpened enamel that know only how to gnash. Now, it seems the tongue may even serve as a gateway to the human brain, providing us with the opportunity to treat serious afflictions from multiple sclerosis to combat-induced brain injuries.

Government-funded scientists here in the U.S. are a step closer to being able to resume some controversial experiments with lab-altered bird flu viruses.

Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have created a device known as a PoNS, that shows promise for the treatment of traumatic brain injuries, strokes, or the effects of diseases such as Parkinson?s and multiple sclerosis. Researchers at the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command are now conducting a study on the device, which works by stimulating the patient?s tongue.

MADISON, Wis. — Actor James Cromwell has been charged with a civil ordinance violation for allegedly disrupting a university meeting in Madison to protest animal testing.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) ? A bird flu virus at the center of an international debate sits in a padlocked freezer, deep inside a University of Wisconsin-Madison lab, waiting for new government guidelines that will allow researchers to continue unlocking its secrets.

I, too, am opposed to cruelty to animals during medical research. But I take issue with Thursday?s letter by a PETA member stating cats at UW “had their heads cut open and had steel rods screwed to their skulls.” Due to a recurrent brain tumor, I?ve had two craniotomies. So I, too, have had my head cut open and had steel rods screwed to my skull to hold it steady during surgery. That?s how brain surgery is done.

Government-funded scientists here in the U.S. are a step closer to being able to resume some controversial experiments with lab-altered bird flu viruses.

While there?s no end of robust and heated conversation about genetically modified foods, there are strikingly few comprehensive studies that put a numeric value on the costs and benefits.

MILWAUKEE — Major medical breakthroughs happen everyday, and not just for us but for our pets too. Some of these advancements are right here in Southeast Wisconsin?s own backyard. We recently traveled to Madison to see how new modern technology is saving our furry friends.We came across one dog named Rosie.  Her owner has come from Chicago to get specialized treatment at UW Veterinary Care on the campus of the University of Wisconsin.  Her 8 ½ year old daschund is suffering from thyroid cancer and is undergoing extensive radiation through TomoTherapy.  The university is one of two across the nation providing this advanced type of modern medicine. The prognosis appears promising for Rosie.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison biochemistry department will debut a new art exhibit to educate the public on the university?s current and past cancer research.The exhibit, ?Healing through Art and Science: Cancer,? is part of an ongoing initiative by the biochemistry department to showcase the university?s research through art, according to a statement released by the university.

Regarding Saturday?s guest column, “Cat research, after all the drama,” by UW-Madison research director Eric Sandgren:UW?s response to criticism about its barbaric taxpayer-funded experiments on cats has been to distort, deny and dismiss the well-documented cruelty and to silence dissent.

Madison – A bird flu virus at the center of an international debate sits in a padlocked freezer, deep inside a University of Wisconsin-Madison lab, waiting for new government guidelines that will allow researchers to continue unlocking its secrets.

It?s a familiar story. You buy a scoop of ice cream, only to find it dripping down to a puddle after just a few licks. Few consider the science behind this phenomenon, but researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are getting beyond the cone to study how ice cream melts.

Anyone who?s spent any time on the internet is familiar with trolls. From politics to sports to science, trolls take pleasure in bashing a story from every possible angle. Science is no exception, and recent research shows that when it comes to science news, the trolls are winning.

Hollywood star James Cromwell, from the Academy Award winning film “Babe” joins Jane Velez-Mitchell to discuss his latest role: Loud protester at a university board hearing. 

A new process being pioneered in the US could lead to greater integration of strained silicon in flexible electronics.

Eric Sandgren, director of the Research Animal Resource Center, writes about allegations by PETA in a guest column in the Wisconsin State Journal.