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  • Cellartis, WARF sign license agreement for human embryonic stem cells Jan. 15, 2009 Cellartis AB, a premier provider of human embryonic stem cell (hES) derived products and technologies, and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), the private, nonprofit patenting and licensing organization for the University of Wisconsin-Madison, announced today (Jan. 15) that they have signed a license for hES patents that enables Cellartis to commercialize undifferentiated hES cell products in the U.S.
  • Large-scale nuclear materials study shapes national collaborations Jan. 15, 2009 In Kumar Sridharan's laboratory on the University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering campus, just one ill-timed sneeze might have catapulted his next three years' worth of nuclear reactor materials research into oblivion.
  • Deer Common soil mineral degrades the nearly indestructible prion Jan. 14, 2009 In the rogues' gallery of microscopic infectious agents, the prion is the toughest hombre in town.
  • UW–Madison obtains Human Subjects Accreditation for research Jan. 14, 2009 The Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP), the not-for-profit entity that seeks to raise the level of protection for human research subjects, announced in December that UW–Madison is one of 21 newly accredited research organizations.
  • Harvesting switchgrass Nations that sow food crops for biofuels may reap less than previously thought Jan. 13, 2009 Global yields of most biofuels crops, including corn, rapeseed and wheat, have been overestimated by 100 to 150 percent or more, suggesting many countries need to reset their expectations of agricultural biofuels to a more realistic level.
  • Curved photodetector array Can you see me now? Flexible photodetectors could help sharpen photos Jan. 13, 2009 Distorted cell-phone photos and big, clunky telephoto lenses could be things of the past.
  • Medicine icon Protein that regulates hormones critical to women’s health found in pituitary Jan. 12, 2009 University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have solved the mystery surrounding a "rogue protein" that plays a role in the release of neurotransmitters and hormones in the brain.
  • All NIH human embryonic stem cell registry lines now deposited at NSCB Jan. 12, 2009 The U.S. National Stem Cell Bank (NSCB) has announced that it has received deposits of two human embryonic stem cell lines from Cellartis AB, a biotechnology company based in Sweden. With the addition of the new lines, the National Stem Cell Bank now has received all 21 cell lines from the six providers listed on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) federal registry.
  • Photo of a boat docked on a northern Wisconsin lake Study: Can nature’s leading indicators presage environmental disaster? Jan. 5, 2009 Economists use leading indicators - the drivers of economic performance - to take the temperature of the economy and predict the future. Now, in a new study, scientists take a page from the social science handbook and use leading indicators of the environment to presage the potential collapse of ecosystems.
  • Study: Risky behavior prominent on teen MySpace profiles Jan. 5, 2009 More than half of adolescent MySpace users mention risky behaviors such as sex, violence or substance use on their personal Web profiles.
  • fMRI brain scan image Expectant brains help predict anxiety treatment success Jan. 2, 2009 A network of emotion-regulating brain regions implicated in the pathological worry that can grip patients with anxiety disorders may also be useful for predicting the benefits of treatment.
  • Medicine icon Clinical trial uses bat saliva enzyme for stroke treatment Dec. 30, 2008 Vampires aren't usually cast in the role of saviors, but stroke experts are hoping a blood thinner that mimics a chemical in vampire saliva will help save brain cells in stroke patients. The School of Medicine and Public Health is one of several centers worldwide currently enrolling patients in a large new clinical trial of desmoteplase, a drug based on an enzyme in vampire bat saliva.
  • Photo from research lab Scientists isolate genes that made 1918 flu lethal Dec. 29, 2008 By mixing and matching a contemporary flu virus with the "Spanish flu" - a virus that killed between 20 and 50 million people 90 years ago in history's most devastating outbreak of infectious disease - researchers have identified a set of three genes that helped underpin the extraordinary virulence of the 1918 virus.
  • Charlie Bentley Photo essay: Cold digger Dec. 23, 2008 Fifty years ago, UW scientist Charlie Bentley made his maiden voyage to a frigid, faraway land – and he’s been returning ever since.
  • Image of a motor neuron Patient-derived induced stem cells retain disease traits Dec. 22, 2008 When neurons started dying in Clive Svendsen's lab dishes, he couldn't have been more pleased. The dying cells - the same type lost in patients with the devastating neurological disease spinal muscular atrophy - confirmed that the University of Wisconsin-Madison stem cell biologist had recreated the hallmarks of a genetic disorder in the lab, using stem cells derived from a patient.
  • Portion of cover of Sorkin's book Author examines relationship between Enlightenment, religion Dec. 18, 2008 In researching the relationship between Judaism and Enlightenment thought, David Sorkin found significant misunderstanding about the relationship between the Enlightenment and religion in general.
  • Computer illustration of brain Cognitive computing: Building a machine that can learn from experience Dec. 17, 2008 A UW-Madison researcher says the goal of building a computer as quick and flexible as a small mammalian brain is more daunting than it sounds.
  • Q&A: Professor provides analysis of work on nanotechnology research Dec. 10, 2008 Life sciences communication professor Dietram Scheufele provides Wisconsin Week with a more in-depth look at his research on nanotechnology and religion.
  • Genetic change extends mouse life, points to possible treatment for ALS Dec. 9, 2008 There are many ways to die, but amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, must be one of the worst. By the time a patient notices muscle weakness, the neurons that control the muscles have already begun dying, in an untreatable process that brings death within two to five years.
  • UW-Madison researchers launch landmark study of financial aid Dec. 9, 2008 A team of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers is conducting a groundbreaking study of the long-term effects of financial aid on college students. Christopher Jencks, professor of social policy at Harvard University, calls the Wisconsin Scholars Longitudinal Study (WSLS) a "landmark study of financial aid."