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Long delays prescribing new antibiotics hinder market for needed drugs
U.S. hospitals wait over a year on average to begin prescribing newly developed antibiotics, a delay that might threaten the supply or discourage future development of needed drugs. A survey of how 132...
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Researchers probe cell division defects to gain insight into cancer
From bugs to plants to animals, for all living things to grow they must create more cells. To do so, each existing cell, whether in an embryo or an adult, receives cues to copy its chromosomes — large...
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Veterinarians, physicians to jointly explore links between animal and human...
A physician, a veterinarian and a PhD researcher walk into a conference. At the event’s conclusion, the medical doctor says: “I had no idea there were veterinary cardiologists like there are human...
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Single protein plays important dual transport roles in the brain
Just as a packaging breakdown can hamstring delivery of cables, switches and connectors to a house under construction, removing a protein from neurons can block the “shipment” of proteins to developing...
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Electronic records pin broad set of health risks on genetic premutation
It was long believed the FMR1 premutation — an excessive number of trinucleotide repeats in the FMR1 gene — had no direct effect on the people who carry it. Until recently, the only recognized effect...
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Three with campus ties rescue drowning man from Lake Mendota
A UW–Madison fraternity member, a campus employee, and an alumnus of the university are being credited with saving a 24-year-old man from drowning in Lake Mendota. The three risked their lives in the...
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For football-loving students, ‘Mocktailgate’ will offer all the fun, none of...
The UW Spirit Squad performs at the 2018 football home opener at Camp Randall. Photo: Jeff Miller Students who want to get their Badger spirit on this weekend but not be around alcohol have another...
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UW–Madison, local startup testing a one-two punch against hard-to-heal wounds
The silver-containing MicroLyte bandage is thinner than a human hair and able to be absorbed into the wound. The material is shown here on a fabric background. Photo: Imbed Biosciences Millions of...
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Researchers may have found a new way to fight skin-burrowing schistosomiasis...
Scientists at the Morgridge Institute for Research have isolated a natural chemical that acts as a potent kryptonite against schistosomes, the parasitic worms that burrow through human skin and cause...
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UW–Madison’s Jonathan Patz elected to National Academy of Medicine
Jonathan Patz, professor and director of the Global Health Institute at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has been elected a member of the National Academy of Medicine in recognition of his...
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UW–Madison chemist searches for ways to bioengineer proteins within cells
Andrew Buller, professor of chemistry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, wants to add more building blocks to the body’s protein-making kit. In nature, there exist 20 of these building blocks,...
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Injectable, flexible electrode could replace rigid nerve-stimulating implants
By electrically stimulating nerves, neuromodulation therapies can reduce epileptic seizures, soothe chronic pain, and treat depression and a host of other health conditions without the use of...
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Can ‘smart toilets’ be the next health data wellspring?
Wearable, smart technologies are transforming the ability to monitor and improve health, but a decidedly low-tech commodity — the humble toilet — may have potential to outperform them all. That’s the...
View ArticleClinical trial for Ebola vaccine developed at UW–Madison underway in Japan
As of this week, a phase one clinical trial to test a potential new Ebola vaccine developed by researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is underway in Japan. Fifteen healthy young men* will...
View ArticleInflammation predicts response to anti-depression medication
Children and teens with bipolar depression responded better to an antipsychotic medicine if they had increased markers of inflammation in their blood, a new University of Wisconsin–Madison study shows....
View ArticleBallroom balance
When it’s hard to keep your balance, who would think dancing is a good idea? Susan Frikken, that’s who. The guest lecturer in physical therapy leads a class in “ballroom balance” for older adults...
View ArticleScout’s story: UW veterinary medicine featured in Super Bowl commercial
As Super Bowl LIV airs Sunday, Feb. 2, Scout will appear in a WeatherTech advertisement alongside members of the School of Veterinary Medicine’s faculty and staff who have been part of the 7-year-old...
View ArticleScout, UW star in Super Bowl ad
When clinicians at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine began caring for Scout in July 2019, they had no idea they would soon inspire, and appear in, a Super Bowl commercial. But...
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‘Lucky Dog’ Scout and UW School of Veterinary Medicine star in WeatherTech...
The ad follows Scout’s journey as a cancer survivor, celebrates the work being done at the UW School of Veterinary Medicine, and encourages viewers to donate to the school’s cancer research efforts....
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Here is what you need to know about novel coronavirus, according to a panel...
The 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), portrayed in an illustration created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM Before a packed room at the Health...
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