Precision oncology focuses on treating patients’ individual cancer needs
New initiatives at UW Health seek to highlight and streamline patient access to individualized, data-driven cancer care....
15 June, 2023
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Industry-sponsored Clinical Trials Budget Template to launch July 1
The UW Clinical Trials Institute (CTI) will implement a budget template in support of a consistent clinical trials budgeting experience for industry sponsors across SMPH and UW Health....
09 June, 2023
UW Health, UW School of Medicine and Public Health to launch clinical trial review process
UW Health and the UW School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) have convened a new committee to help centralize and streamline the clinical trials review process at UW–Madison....
07 June, 2023
UW Carbone Cancer Center receives SPORE designation, federal grant to support prostate cancer research
University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center will be designated as a Specialized Program of Research Excellence, or SPORE, by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for research initiatives to advance new prostate cancer treatments....
01 June, 2023
UW researchers using AI to hone brain cancer care, diagnosis
Researchers with the UW Carbone Cancer Center are developing AI techniques to improve personalized treatments for brain cancer and to avoid unnecessary biopsies and surgeries....
30 May, 2023
Eradicate breast cancer? The hunt for a vaccine looks promising
In the last six months, multiple clinical trials have brought the idea of a preventative breast cancer vaccine much closer to reality....
30 May, 2023
UW–Madison announces Clinical Trials Institute–alliance with Site Accreditation & Standards Institute (SASI)
The UW Clinical Trials Institute will seek to bolster consistency, quality and safety not to mention optimized resource allocation as UW-Madison ramps up its competitive position in the academic medical research ecosystem....
26 May, 2023
Photonics-based imaging shines light on cancer research
Creating functional organoids from a patient’s tumor tissue allows researchers to test different treatment options in a realistic environment to predict what’s most likely to benefit that patient....
18 May, 2023
These next-generation vaccines could upend cancer treatment as we know it
Vaccines for heart disease and cancer could help combat these diseases and advance researchers' understanding of the human body, but are they the magic cure-all many expect them to be?...
15 May, 2023
The COVID-19 shot isn’t going away; it’s just adapting
The COVID-19 vaccine is now readily available at hospitals, clinics, and pharmacies across the state of Wisconsin as the federal declaration of emergency lifts Thursday. But it took years to get the vaccine rollout to this point, with plenty of bumps along the way....
11 May, 2023