Stories indexed under: Stem cells

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  • Scaling up stem cells: Project aims to churn out cells in quantity, quality March 28, 2007 For scientists, one of the charms of human embryonic stem cells is their ability to divide and replicate — as far as we know — forever in the culture dish. That defining trait, the ability to constantly make new cells, suggests it might be possible to generate a limitless supply for therapy, research and industrial applications such as high-throughput drug screens.
  • Stem cell therapy shows promise for rescuing deteriorating vision March 28, 2007 For the millions of Americans whose vision is slowly ebbing due to degenerative diseases of the eye, the lowly neural progenitor cell may be riding to the rescue.
  • UW launches study testing adult stem cells for heart damage repair March 12, 2007 The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health is among the first medical centers in the country taking part in a novel clinical trial investigating if a subject's own stem cells can treat a form of severe coronary artery disease.
  • Symposium to link stem cell research, public policy Feb. 22, 2007 Public policy issues related to human embryonic stem cell research will be the topic of a half-day symposium co-sponsored by the Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the WiCell Research Institute on Friday, March 2.
  • Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery seed grant winners named Feb. 21, 2007 The research program of the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery at the University of Wisconsin-Madison gets underway today (Feb. 21), as officials announce the results of a campus-wide competition for the institutes' Discovery Seed Grants.
  • Stem cells used to create critical brain barrier in lab Dec. 20, 2006 Using neural stem cells derived from the fetal brains of rats, a team of Wisconsin scientists has devised a rudimentary blood-brain barrier in the lab.
  • Intersection of business and research explored at CEO Summit Oct. 3, 2006 Three distinguished University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists will meet with corporate chief executives who graduated from the university to brief them on the business applications and marketability of their research on Saturday, Oct. 7.
  • Stem Cells 101: Meet Wisconsin’s research leaders Oct. 3, 2006 Southeastern Wisconsin residents will have a unique opportunity on Oct. 10 to hear about the promises and limitations of stem cell research directly from the Wisconsin professors and researchers working in the field.
  • Architects chosen to design Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery Sept. 20, 2006 Uihlein Wilson Architects of Milwaukee, together with Ballinger of Philadelphia, will design the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and the Morgridge Institute for Research on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, officials announced today.
  • National stem cell bank announces addition of new cell lines Sept. 19, 2006 The National Stem Cell Bank has expanded its offering of human embryonic stem cell lines to include cells from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), it announced today (Sept. 19). With the addition of the UCSF lines, the National Stem Cell Bank will soon have on deposit 13 of the 21 cell lines on the federal registry.
  • Biochemist bags young scientist award May 18, 2006 A biochemist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is one of two recipients of the 2006 Shaw Scientist Award. Designed to help young scientists explore novel research directions, the $200,000 prize is annually awarded to Wisconsin researchers working in the fields of biochemistry, the biological sciences and cancer research.
  • Research proposals sought for Wisconsin Institutes of Discovery May 1, 2006 A grant program aimed at stimulating collaborative research projects to be included in the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery has begun with an open invitation to University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers to submit initial proposals by June 1.
  • Stem cell symposium, bioethics forum to focus on neural repair, chimeras April 14, 2006 Two of biology's hottest and most contentious realms will come under the microscope next week at two conferences hosted by Promega Corp.'s BioPharmaceutical Technology Center Institute in Fitchburg.
  • Badgerland presence at BIO 2006 April 6, 2006 Following Monday's blockbuster announcement of a $150 million public-private investment in the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, the University of Wisconsin-Madison will have considerable momentum as it vies for attention at BIO 2006 this weekend in Chicago.
  • Historic gift will drive research innovation April 3, 2006 The largest individual gift ever to benefit UW-Madison - $50 million from alumni John and Tashia Morgridge - will pave the way for pioneering scientific collaboration at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery.
  • Liquid crystals show promise in controlling embryonic stem cells March 6, 2006 Liquid crystals, the same phase-shifting materials used to display information on cell phones, monitors and other electronic equipment, can also be used to report in real time on the differentiation of embryonic stem cells.
  • Wisconsin scientists grow two new stem cell lines in animal cell-free culture Jan. 1, 2006 Scientists working at the WiCell Research Institute, a private laboratory affiliated with UW-Madison, have developed a precisely defined stem cell culture system free of animal cells and used it to derived two new human embryonic stem cell lines.
  • Transplanted stem cells show promise for mending broken hearts Dec. 20, 2005 Working with heart attack-stricken mice, a team of UW-Madison scientists has shown that embryonic stem cells may one day live up to their clinical promise.
  • Engineered stem cells show promise for sneaking drugs into the brain Dec. 15, 2005 One of the great challenges for treating Parkinson's diseases and other neurodegenerative disorders is getting medicine to the right place in the brain. UW-Madison neuroscientist Clive Svendsen and his colleagues show how engineered human brain cells, transplanted into the brains of rats and monkeys, can integrate into the brain and deliver medicine where it is needed.
  • Study suggests treatment for fatal nervous system disorder Dec. 12, 2005 Working with mice, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have developed the basis for a therapeutic strategy that could provide hope for children afflicted with Krabbe's disease, a fatal nervous system disorder.