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UW–Madison researchers begin work on Zika virus

Posted on February 10, 2016

Very little is known about the virus even though more than 50 years have passed since it was discovered in the Zika Forest in Uganda.

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Researchers home in on why female newborns are better protected from brain injury

Posted on February 4, 2016

A protein found in the brains of mice is present at higher levels in females, which offers them stronger protection against one type of injury.

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Pluripotent stem cells offer blood ready for preclinical trials

Posted on 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.

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Lung cell found to act as sensor, regulator of immune response

Posted on January 12, 2016

The cells are implicated in a wide range of human lung diseases, including asthma, pulmonary hypertension, cystic fibrosis and sudden infant death syndrome, among others.

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When brain metabolism dips, desire goes up in monkeys on ‘female Viagra’

Posted on December 10, 2015

As “the female Viagra” comes to market, researchers are learning more about how the drug affects the brain.

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Ned Kalin wins Anna-Monika Prize for neuroscience research

Posted on September 2, 2015

Ned Kalin, chair of psychiatry at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, will receive a major award this week at a conference in Amsterdam for his work in uncovering the signature of anxiety and depression in the brain.

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Flu study, on hold, yields new vaccine technology

Posted on September 2, 2015

Vaccines to protect against an avian influenza pandemic as well as seasonal flu may be mass produced more quickly and efficiently using technology described today (Sept. 2) by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the journal Nature Communications.

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