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A clinical trial now open at UW Health | Carbone Cancer Center uses a patient’s dying tumor cells to try to teach their immune system to find and destroy cancer cells following surgery for a type of brain cancer called glioblastoma....

A protective mineral coating identified by University of Wisconsin–Madison biomedical engineering researchers could allow powerful messenger RNA therapeutics like COVID-19 vaccines to be stored at room temperature, making them more accessible to lower-resourced communities across the world....

Patients at UW Health could now receive messages directly in MyChart inviting them to participate in health research. This year, patients who have access to their MyChart accounts might have noticed a new tab on their profile labeled “Research,” according to Dr. Mike Semanik, physician...

Elizabeth Hagerman, chief innovation officer at UW Health and executive director of the Isthmus Project, discusses her background and the Isthmus Project's efforts to help UW- and UW Health-affiliated entrepreneurs take healthcare innovations through the commercialization process....

DeSantes, a UW Carbone Cancer Center researcher and Medical Director for the Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant and Cell Therapy program, said this phase I-II clinical trial uses a variation of an existing immunotherapy drug as part of a combination therapy for neuroblastoma patients who have advanced...