Tag Stem cells

Wisconsin researchers transform common cell to master heart cell

February 11, 2016

If replicated in human cells, the feat could one day fuel drug discovery, powerful new models for heart disease and the raw material for treating diseased hearts. Read More

Pluripotent stem cells offer blood ready for preclinical trials

January 25, 2016

When the body has a low blood cell count, it can have trouble fighting off infection. But transfusible blood products may be in the not-so-distant future. Read More

Support swells for vital university research using fetal tissue and cells

December 15, 2015

Nearly 1,000 scientists and staff joined a growing chorus of objections to a state proposal to ban the use of fetal tissue in life-saving biomedical research. Read More

UW-Madison to legislators: Don’t ban important fetal tissue research

September 24, 2015

Proposed legislation in Wisconsin will have a devastating impact on the ability of researchers to create lifesaving treatments for patients, Robert Golden, dean of the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, told members of a Wisconsin Senate committee in a public hearing Tuesday, Sept. 22. Read More

WARF board speaks out on proposed fetal tissue ban

September 22, 2015

The Board of Trustees of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) today announced unanimous opposition to a state legislative proposal to ban the use of fetal tissue in scientific research. Read More

UW engineers use ‘CRISPR’ technology to locate crucial protein in stem cell survival

August 3, 2015

In a multidisciplinary effort, a team of University of Wisconsin–Madison engineers has identified a protein that is integral to the survival and self-renewal processes of human pluripotent stem cells (hPSC). Read More

Expert: Editing stem cell genes will “revolutionize” biomedical research

July 2, 2015

Applying a dramatically improved method for "editing" genes to human stem cells, University of Wisconsin–Madison neuroscientist Su-Chun Zhang has shown a new way to silence genes in stem cells and their progeny at any stage of development. Read More

Stem cell expert: Bart Starr treatment shows need for rigorous trials in U.S.

June 19, 2015

The news that legendary Green Bay Packer quarterback Bart Starr has undergone stem cell therapy to recover from a stroke has raised the profile for a promising but unproven regenerative treatment intended to replace dead neurons with live ones. Read More

Stem Cell Symposium to focus on tissue engineering, limb regeneration

April 16, 2015

Limb regeneration, stem cells, limb development, tissue engineering: These will be the focus of the 10th Annual Wisconsin Stem Cell Symposium on Wednesday, April 22, hosted by the University of Wisconsin–Madison Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center and the BioPharmaceutical Technology Center Institute (BTCI). Read More

Morgridge scientists find way to ‘keep the lights on’ for cell self-renewal

November 13, 2014

One remarkable quality of pluripotent stem cells is they are immortal in the lab, able to divide and grow indefinitely under the right conditions. It turns out this ability also may exist further down the development path, with the workhorse progenitor cells responsible for creating specific tissues. Read More

UW-Madison team developing ‘tissue chip’ to screen neurological toxins

September 23, 2014

A multidisciplinary team at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the Morgridge Institute for Research is creating a faster, more affordable way to screen for neural toxins, helping flag chemicals that may harm human development. Read More

In directing stem cells, study shows context matters

September 8, 2014

In a new study, a team of researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison has added a new wrinkle to the cell differentiation equation, showing that the stiffness of the surfaces on which stem cells are grown can exert a profound influence on cell fate. Read More

Wisconsin scientists find genetic recipe to turn stem cells to blood

July 14, 2014

The ability to reliably and safely make in the laboratory all of the different types of cells in human blood is one key step closer to reality. Writing today (July 14, 2014) in the journal Nature Communications, a group led by University of Wisconsin–Madison stem cell researcher Igor Slukvin reports the discovery of two genetic programs responsible for taking blank-slate stem cells and turning them into both red and the array of white cells that make up human blood. Read More

Annual Wisconsin Stem Cell Symposium to focus on blood

April 24, 2014

World stem cell leaders will converge on Promega's BioPharmaceutical Technology Center in Fitchburg on April 30 for the 9th Annual Wisconsin Stem Cell Symposium: From Stem Cells to Blood. Read More

‘Stem cell tourism’ takes advantage of patients, says law professor

March 24, 2014

Desperate patients are easy prey for unscrupulous clinics offering untested and risky stem cell treatments, says law and bioethics Professor Alta Charo of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, who is studying "stem cell tourism." Read More

Researchers discover new way to make muscle cells from human stem cells

March 21, 2014

As stem cells continue their gradual transition from the lab to the clinic, a research group at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has discovered a new way to make large concentrations of skeletal muscle cells and muscle progenitors from human stem cells. Read More