Researchers study real-time flu surveillance
High-tech flu surveillance within clinics can accurately track, in real time, early flu activity, peak season and the end of the flu season, according to University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health researchers.
CLR 131 found to broadly target pediatric solid tumors
According to a new study by UW Carbone Cancer Center (UWCCC) researchers, a broadly applicable cancer therapy currently being developed by Cellectar Biosciences may have the potential to work in pediatric solid tumors.
Study: Early farm exposure mitigates respiratory illnesses, allergies and skin rashes
Exposure to dairy farms early in life may dramatically reduce the frequency and severity of respiratory illnesses, allergies and chronic skin rashes among young children according to a collaborative study that includes two researchers from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
New pancreatic cancer study uses optical imaging to craft better treatments
Pancreatic cancer research at the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center (UWCCC) is getting a big boost, thanks to a $3 million grant from the National Cancer Institute.
Study provides cellular explanation for higher risk of prostate cancer in aging men
The link between aging and prostate cancer development is now better understood, based on a study by University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center researchers.
UW researchers discover mechanism for red blood cell regeneration with anemia
Researchers at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health have established a new mechanism that explains how red blood cells regenerate and survive in mice experiencing severe anemia.
New line of population health research takes guts
“You know, if you’re going to poop anyway, you might as well get paid for it!”
New method of viral maintenance in cancer cells identified in UW study
A new method for how viruses ensure their maintenance in dividing cells has been identified by researchers at the University of Wisconsin McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research and Carbone Cancer Center.
Study links insurance coverage to higher rates of colorectal cancer screenings
As the nation debates whether and how health insurance should be reformed, researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health determined that people with a certain type of insurance policy were more likely to be screened for colorectal cancer.
Viral infection found to increase therapeutic resistance of glioblastoma cells
A common human virus, cytomegalovirus (CMV), can convert glioblastoma (GBM) brain cancer cells into cancer stem cells with higher therapeutic resistance, according to a new study by University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center researchers.
UW, GE Healthcare team up to improve medical imaging, patient outcomes
The first time John Wiley passed out, in 2013, he fell flat on his face in a welding shop. He figured he’d tripped on the gas hoses, but his doctor disagreed: “You were unconscious before you hit the ground. Otherwise, you would have put your hands out for protection.”
Program tests behaviors that prevent bowel leakage in women
A University of Wisconsin–Madison gynecological surgeon is testing an educational program to reduce or prevent incontinence in women in southern and central Wisconsin.