Stories indexed under: Waisman Center

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• In new book, leading neuroscientist describes your brain on emotion March 5, 2012 Building on more than 30 years of cutting-edge brain research, a new book by UW–Madison psychology and psychiatry professor Richard J. Davidson offers an inside look into how emotions are coded in our brains and our power to control them.
• The Waisman Center: Decades later, what would Harry think? Jan. 30, 2012 Last fall, the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison bid successfully for the same National Institutes of Health core grant that the late Harry Waisman first won 45 years ago.
• Implanted neurons, grown in the lab, take charge of brain circuitry Nov. 21, 2011 Among the many hurdles to be cleared before human embryonic stem cells can achieve their therapeutic potential is determining whether or not transplanted cells can functionally integrate into target organs or tissues.
• Deaf children: Study shows significant language progress after two cochlear implants Oct. 24, 2011 An ongoing study of 45 deaf children who had two cochlear implants finds that their language skills are within the normal range. Cochlear implants replace the eardrum by delivering an electric signal from a microphone to the auditory nerves located in the cochlea in the inner ear.
• New registry to accelerate research on fragile X syndrome Oct. 5, 2010 As researchers delve further into the genetic basis for disease, they face a conundrum: finding enough affected people who can fill out a true picture of mutations that can vary from one person to another. A case in point is fragile X syndrome, a genetic mutation that affects approximately one infant boy in 3,600 births, and one infant girl in 4,000-6,000 births.
• Research examines the price of prison for children Aug. 9, 2010 It comes as no surprise that many children suffer when a parent is behind bars. But as rates of incarceration grew over the past 30 years, researchers were slow to focus on the collateral damage to children.
• Study details autism’s heavy toll beyond childhood on marriages Aug. 3, 2010 The parents of grown children with autism are more likely to divorce than couples with typically developing children, according to new data from a large longitudinal study of families of adolescents and adults with autism.
• Screen yields drugs that could help treat fatal brain disorder July 19, 2010 Using novel screens to sort through libraries of drugs already approved for use in human patients, a team of Wisconsin researchers has identified several compounds that could be used to treat a rare and deadly neurological disorder.
• Artwork by people with developmental disabilities shines in airport exhibit July 1, 2010 If there is evidence that each of us, in our mind's eye, has a unique and valuable take on the world, it hangs on walls of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Waisman Center.
• The science of healthy minds brings Dalai Lama to UW-Madison March 3, 2010 The Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Waisman Center will welcome His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama to its public grand-opening celebration Saturday-Sunday, May 15-16.
• Induced neural stem cells: Not quite ready for prime time Feb. 15, 2010 The great promise of induced pluripotent stem cells is that the all-purpose cells seem capable of performing all the same tricks as embryonic stem cells, but without the controversy.
• Federal grant funds production of stem cells for clinical trials Jan. 26, 2010 The long struggle to move the most versatile stem cells from the laboratory to the clinic got another boost with an $8.8 million contract award to the Waisman Clinical Biomanufacturing Facility at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• Study: Can meditation sharpen our attention? Nov. 13, 2009 A new study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison suggests that people can train their minds to stay focused.
• Early childhood stress has lingering effects on health Jan. 26, 2009 Stressful experiences in early childhood can have long-lasting impacts on kids' health that persist well beyond the resolution of the situation.
• Engineered stem cells carry promising ALS therapy Sept. 16, 2008 Using adult stem cells from bone marrow as "Trojan horses" to deliver a nurturing growth factor to atrophied muscles, Wisconsin scientists have successfully slowed the progression of ALS in rats.
• NBA's Devin Harris to play in Waisman golf benefit July 17, 2008 New Jersey Nets basketball player Devin Harris will participate in the Friends of the Waisman Center's Golf Benefit on Monday, July 21, at Bishops Bay Country Club, 3500 Bishops Drive, Middleton.
• Waisman Center presents documentary ‘Indestructible’ Jan. 7, 2008 The award-winning documentary "Indestructible" will screen at the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Thursday, Jan. 24.
• Study shows autism symptoms can improve into adulthood Sept. 25, 2007 Hallmarks of autism are characteristic behaviors - repetitive motions, problems interacting with others, impaired communication abilities - that occur in widely different combinations and degrees of severity among those who have the condition.
• Stem cell therapy rescues motor neurons in ALS model Aug. 1, 2007 In a study that demonstrates the promise of cell-based therapies for diseases that have proved intractable to modern medicine, a team of scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison has shown it is possible to rescue the dying neurons characteristic of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a fatal neuromuscular disorder also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
• Meditation may fine-tune control over attention May 8, 2007 Everyday experience and psychology research both indicate that paying close attention to one thing can keep you from noticing something else.