02 Jan Wisconsin’s manufacturing strength boosts biohealth sector
Wisconsin’s strength in biohealth extends well beyond the laboratories where researchers are working to develop new drugs and therapies....
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21 Dec UW clinical trial tests new way to treat glioblastoma
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....
20 Dec Stem cell technology developed at UW–Madison leads to new understanding of autism risks
Technology developed at the University of Wisconsin–Madison to grow “rosettes” of brain and spinal tissue gives scientists new ways to study the growing human brain, including a recent study of how genetic mutations linked to autism affect early stages of human brain development....
20 Dec UW Health Transplant Center celebrates first pediatric heart transplant
In the span of two months, Sezar went from playing soccer with his siblings to becoming the first patient to receive a transplant through the pediatric heart transplant program at the UW Health Transplant Center....
19 Dec Social determinants of health have high impact on informed consent comprehension, study finds
A recent study conducted through pediatric cancer trials found that limited health literacy and use of the Spanish language for medical communication impacted parents’ comprehension of informed consent....
15 Dec Mineral coatings could enable shelf-stable mRNA therapies
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....
15 Dec Clinical trial recruitment now available on MyChart
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...
14 Dec UW IRB Offers Office Hours
The IRB is hosting virtual office hours for researchers/study teams. Staff from both the Health Sciences and Minimal Risk Research IRBs will be available....
13 Dec Team Spotlight: Rebecca Kintner
Rebecca Kintner discusses her career path and current role as Clinical Research Negotiator and Fiscal Facilitator for the UW Clinical Trials Institute (CTI)....
12 Dec The future of cancer care: a path toward personalized treatment
The biological complexity of cancer is individual to each patient, and it presents many roadblocks on the path toward optimal treatments. However, developments in DNA technologies and advanced imaging tools have greatly informed clinicians and researchers on ways to develop methods for precision care....