UW-Madison work on stem cells, cardiac health to be presented at ACS
... ... ... New materials hold promise for treating cardiovascular diseases with gene-based therapy using intravascular stents...UW-Madison researchers find new way to 'sweeten' key drugs
MADISON -- Probing a class of enzymes routinely used to synthesizing some of nature's most potent drugs, a team of Wisconsin scientists has found a new way to expand on nature's chemical creativity to make critical anticancer agents and antibiotics.... Writing this week (Sept. 1) in the journal Science, a team led by Jon S. Thorson, a professor of pharmaceutical sciences at the University of W...UW-Madison research part of international mercury conference
... ... ... ... Maria Powell...Media advisory: International mercury conference coming to Madison Aug. 6-11
... ... Throughout the week, conferees will consider a conference declaration summarizing the findings of four expert panels, each of which is addressing policy-rel...UW-Madison engineers squeeze secrets from proteins
Proteins, one of the basic components of living things, are among the most studied molecules in biochemistry. Understanding how proteins form or "fold" from sequenced strings of amino acids has long been one of the grand challenges of biology. ...... A common belief holds that the more proteins are confined by their environment, the more stable - or less likely to unfold - they become. Now, as re...UW-Madison small-scale research receives big boost
MADISON - The National Science Foundation has awarded the University of Wisconsin-Madison Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) nearly $14.8 million over the next six years to continue its leading-edge research on the interfaces of materials at the nanoscale.... ...At this scale, materials are so minute that scientists often study or manipulate them atom-by-atom. The work coul...$3.4 million directed to key UW-Madison MS study
MADISON -- In an effort to develop new techniques to repair and protect the nervous system in multiple sclerosis patients, including the use of human stem cells, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society has awarded $3.4 million to a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists. ......The group, led by School of Veterinary Medicine professor Ian D. Duncan, is developing cell transplant techni...UW-Madison scientists zero in on drugs' sweet spots
MADISON -- Employing a simple new technique to manipulate the sugars that power many front-line drugs, a team of Wisconsin scientists has enhanced the antic-cancer properties of a digitalis, a drug commonly used to treat heart disease....... Reporting the work in the Aug. 8 edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team led by University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of p...UW-Madison gains two new stem cell programs
MADISON -- Capitalizing on its across-the-board-strengths in stem cell research, the University of Wisconsin-Madison will add two new stem cell programs to its portfolio. ... At a meeting of stem cell researchers here today (April 26), UW-Madison professor of anatomy and neurology Clive Svendsen announced the establishment of a new regenerative medicine program and an interdisciplinary postdoctor...Water research initiatives at UW-Madison
Reporters looking for fresh environmental research angles for Earth Day (April 22) - or for environmental coverage throughout the year - can find scores of newsworthy projects at UW-Madison related to water resources, from groundwater to the Great Lakes. The following tipsheet describes ten current water research projects that may be of interest to media, including:... ... The Wisconsin Buffer I...Experts on iron-sulfur proteins to meet in Madison, Wisconsin
Bethesda, MD Approximately 150 researchers from around the world will gather at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for a four-day symposium on a unique class of proteins known as the Iron-Sulfur (Fe-S) Proteins. The symposium, titled "Fe-S Proteins: Biogenesis, Structure and Function," runs from May 19 to 22....... "Fe-S cluster-containing proteins are nearly ubiquitous in nature and are requir...