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Mouse study may help doctors choose treatments for leukemia patients

Posted on February 21, 2022

By exploring the ways mice responded, researchers hope to gain an understanding of the sorts of human health issues that may bring on a case of this life-threatening form of cancer.

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Researchers are using machine learning to understand how brain cells work

Posted on February 17, 2022

Called manifold learning, the approach may help researchers better understand and even predict brain disorders by looking at specific neuronal properties.

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Perception study may explain promising depression therapy

Posted on January 31, 2022

Ketamine has been shown to relieve depression-like symptoms in animal studies. With human volunteers, researchers Sounak Mohanta and Yuri Saalmann concluded that the drug blocks “negative predictions” that are prominent in depressed patients.

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Current anti-COVID pills work well against omicron, but antibody drugs are less effective

Posted on January 26, 2022

Public health officials expect antiviral pills to become an increasingly common treatment for COVID-19 that will reduce the severity of the disease in at-risk patients and decrease the burden of the pandemic.

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UW–Madison researchers lead effort to create a universal coronavirus vaccine

Posted on January 18, 2022

If the world already had a pan-coronavirus vaccine in March 2020, it could have served as a mitigation tool until vaccines specific to SARS-CoV-2 could be developed.

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Seizures and memory problems in epilepsy may have a common cause

Posted on December 3, 2021

A new study could lead to earlier diagnosis of epilepsy and possibly new ways to treat epilepsy and other disorders that share symptoms, like Alzheimer’s disease, traumatic brain injury and autism spectrum disorder.

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Promising treatment for Alexander disease moves from rat model to human clinical trials

Posted on November 17, 2021

The rare neurological disorder has no cure and is typically fatal, but a study led by UW–Madison researchers is a significant step in efforts to help people with the disease.

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Combining low-dose radiotherapy with immunotherapy eradicates metastatic cancer in mice

Posted on July 14, 2021

UW–Madison and University of Pittsburgh scientists report the method works even when the radiation is given in doses too low to destroy the cancer outright.

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Self-powered implantable device stimulates fast bone healing, then disappears without a trace

Posted on July 5, 2021

The thin, flexible device is bioresorbable, so once the bone is knitted back together, the device’s components dissolve within the body.

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Uncovering how low-protein diets might reprogram metabolism

Posted on June 10, 2021

Dudley Lamming recognizes his findings are counterintuitive. Much dietary research favors adding protein, not limiting it. But with the majority of the U.S. population being overweight and sedentary, he sees an opportunity to rethink diets.

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