Wisconsin scientists grow critical nerve cells
MADISON - After years of trial and error, scientists have coaxed human embryonic stem cells to become spinal motor neurons, critical nervous system pathways that relay messages from the brain to the rest of the body. ...The new findings, reported online today (Jan. 30, 2005) in the journal Nature Biotechnology by scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, are important because they prov...HHS awards University of Wisconsin $55.8 million to fight asthma in inner-city children
HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has awarded a six-year, $55.8 million contract to the University of Wisconsin at Madison. This contract will establish a nationwide research network with the goal of reducing the severity of asthma and preventing the disease in inner-city children, a group that suffers disproport...University Of Wisconsin to launch center to study how emotions affect health
.MADISON - University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists will study how the emotions.affect health at a new center funded by the National Institutes of Health.. .The university will receive $10.9 million to create a Center for the Study of.Mind-Body Interaction. The center's goal is to gain a clearer understanding of.how emotions are encoded in the brain and then influence other body systems that.a...