A team of researchers that developed Course Correct, a tool to help journalists identify and combat misinformation online, will now be testing that tool in the real world, through partnerships with journalists. The tool offers …
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Creating stem cells from minipigs offers promise for improved treatments
Cells from miniature pigs are paving the way for improved stem cell therapies. A team led by University of Wisconsin–Madison Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Center researcher Wan-Ju Li offers an improved way to create …
New Genetic Test Identifies Dogs’ Risk of Common Ligament Rupture
By looking at him, you might not know Thabiso had two ruptured cruciate ligaments. “He was a massive dog, 125 pounds,” Allison Smith says about her beloved Labrador retriever. When Smith got Thabiso in 2010, …
CRISPR-produced CAR T cells could better treat solid tumors
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells are biological assassins: white blood cells that are specifically engineered to attack cancer cells. Over the past five years, they’ve become an established therapeutic option for patients with blood …
Growing a New Type of Organ Donor
Not enough human organs are available for all the people who need life-saving transplants, despite longstanding efforts to solve the problem. So scientists are turning to a new group of potential donors: pigs. They are …
Tom Still: Spurred by national science goals, Wisconsin groups think beyond geography
Perhaps Wisconsin should thank the National Science Foundation for helping to pull together many of its regional science, technology and economic development players. All it took was a big challenge. The NSF’s Regional Innovation Engines …
Government price controls could threaten UW research
By Erik Iverson, Chief Executive Officer, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Those of us engaged in Wisconsin’s innovation economy had a good summer. The recently passed CHIPS and Science Act authorizes historic investments in research that …
Discovery to Product adds Grant Program
UW–Madison Innovators Eligible A new Piloting Research Innovation & Market Exploration (PRIME) grant program will support critical research needed for commercialization of innovations developed at UW–Madison. Administered by UW-Madison’s Discovery to Product (D2P), successful project …
A research partnership brings gene editing promise to eye disease
In order to tap the tremendous potential of CRISPR gene editing technology for reversing human disease, Wisconsin scientists are working with a star pupil. The human eye — though one of the body’s most complex …
Where innovation is needed most in healthcare
Innovative solutions are needed in almost every aspect of healthcare including its delivery to consumers, its technology and its business models. Three health system chief innovation officers told Becker’s areas where healthcare innovation can grow. …