It has been a challenging year for Wisconsin’s top research university, and the ability of the university to keep pace with the nation’s elite research institutions has been affected as UW–Madison saw its ranking drop from fourth to sixth.
The prospect of creating artery “banks” could transform treatment of many common heart and vascular ailments. But it’s a big leap from concept to reality.
The therapies have already shown tremendous potential in treating blood-based cancers such as leukemia. Now, researchers are investigating ways to make them more versatile and practical.
The researchers estimate that the monthly allowance would reduce the child poverty rate by more than 40 percent and the rate of deep poverty among children by approximately 50 percent.
The researchers are seeking to expand the technology's applications from neuroscience into areas such as research of stroke, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, cardiac conditions, and many others.
Researchers from four UW campuses around the state will benefit from the new system, which uses a specialized technique for creating patterns 5,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair.
Rockd serves both amateur rock lovers and professional geologists, says Shanan Peters. "People see rocks at highway cuts, and some may wonder what they are and when they formed. The answers ... exist in the databases that we tap into."
Ben Miller has been named assistant vice chancellor for government and corporate affairs, overseeing UW–Madison’s state, local, federal, corporate, campus and visitor relations.