Grants power two decades of statewide impact
The university’s medical school would not be the UW School of Medicine and Public Health without the Wisconsin Partnership Program (WPP), celebrating its 20th anniversary this year.
Protect your eyes this Fourth of July
Fireworks light up many Independence Day celebrations, but setting them off comes with the risk of serious eye injuries.
New gene-editing technique holds potential for treating childhood blindness
Using a new experimental technique to fix faulty eye cells, a team led by UW–Madison researchers was able to repair a gene mutation that causes one form of childhood blindness. The scientists showed that their approach worked in lab-grown cells derived from a patient with the currently untreatable inherited disease Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) and a mouse model that mimics the disease.
UW eye research uncovers how stem cell photoreceptors reach their targets
A new study reveals how photoreceptors grown from stem cells might extend biological wires, known as axons, to contact existing neurons.
New study seeks to expand eye screenings for rural diabetic patients throughout the United States
More patients in rural areas across the nation could have increased access to vision-saving eye screenings through a new clinical trial led by researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
UW study finds photoreceptor cells from retinal organoids can replicate key functions of vision
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health have successfully shown that a retinal cell type derived from human pluripotent stem cells is capable of the complex process of detecting light and converting that signal to electrical waves.
UW vision researchers partner with U.S. Department of Defense to develop stem cell therapy for combat-related eye injuries
Using an ingenious microscopic retinal patch, eye researchers at UW–Madison will develop and test a new way to treat United States military personnel blinded in combat.
UW researchers devise approach to treat rare, incurable form of blindness
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin‒Madison have published a proof-of-concept method to correct an inherited form of macular degeneration that causes blindness, and that is currently untreatable.
Lessons of conventional imaging let scientists see around corners
Along with flying and invisibility, high on the list of every child’s aspirational superpowers is the ability to see through or around walls or other visual obstacles.
Clinical prospects for stem cells begin to emerge
Twenty years after the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s James Thomson derived the first human embryonic stem cell lines (ESC), his revolutionary discovery is just beginning to emerge on the clinical landscape.
UW-Madison study is first to link cadmium exposure to lower ability to see contrast
Cadmium exposure may increase the risk for problems with a key component of good vision, according to a new study from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
Study shows potential connection between kidney function and hearing impairment
Reduced kidney function may increase the likelihood of developing hearing impairment, according to a new study from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.