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biomedical research

A greyscale electron microscopy image of a plant cell is shown on the left, the false-color rendering of the features in the EM image is shown on the right — Give most kids a basic microscope and a leaf or a drop of pond water, and they are in awe of the, well, microscopic patterns and organisms they can now see. Give a cell biologist a transmission electron microscope (TEM), and they can understand how structures within cells are organized […]

Seeing things more clearly, thanks to campus-wide microscopy effort

February 20, 2019 by Sarah Perdue

Three T cells are shown surrounding and binding a cancer cell, which will activate the T cells and lead to cancer cell death. — Leukemia is one of the most common cancers of childhood. So, as childhood cancer awareness month comes to a close on this almost final day of September, we wanted to take a moment to help explain a groundbreaking new FDA treatment – CAR-T cells – that offers hope to children with a […]

Driving the CAR-T toward better cancer treatments

September 29, 2017 by Sarah Perdue

An abstract image shows a DNA double helix overlaying a human outline, with cartoon molecules depicting the different genetic and protein changes that may be causing disease — Precision medicine has become a fairly big buzzword in cancer treatment lately. The University of Wisconsin is planning the UW Center for Human Genomics and Precision Medicine, and the Wisconsin state government’s recently-passed budget includes funding for the UW Carbone Cancer Center’s statewide Precision Medicine Molecular Tumor Board. What is […]

What is precision medicine in cancer treatment?

September 25, 2017 by Sarah Perdue

From research to diagnosis to treatment, the ability to visualize cancer has played a big role in understanding and fighting the disease. To highlight this importance, and to show how advanced imaging has become, the National Cancer Institute recently held its “Cancer Close Up” contest. Two UW Carbone Cancer Center […]

Cancer gets a close-up

April 15, 2016 by Sarah Perdue

Photo by Kelly Tyrrell, UW-Madison — On a sunny, warm Madison Saturday, more than 100 scientists, students, postdoctoral researchers and national leaders gathered at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery to address a growing storm: the systemic flaws threatening the future of the national biomedical research enterprise. After weeks of campus-wide brainstorming – which brought together junior and senior […]

Casting out the life preserver: UW-Madison presents ideas to rescue ...

April 13, 2015 by Kelly April Tyrrell

A deep blue sky, dotted by clouds, over UW-Madison's Bascom Hall — Since the beginning of March, leaders from around campus have hosted a series of discussions to solicit ideas for helping rescue U.S. biomedical research from its systemic flaws. We wrote about it after Week 1, and today, the final installment of the four week series will wrap up with a discussion about […]

Final discussion: Rescuing US Biomedical Research from its Systemic Flaws

March 26, 2015 by Kelly April Tyrrell

A deep blue sky, dotted by clouds, over UW-Madison's Bascom Hall — As the University of Wisconsin-Madison winds up for a national discussion about a crisis threatening biomedical research in the U.S., faculty and student leaders have invited the campus community to join the conversation. The goal is to arrive at solutions, both nationally and here at UW-Madison. The first of […]

Leading the charge: Week 1 of conversation around the biomedical ...

March 10, 2015 by Kelly April Tyrrell