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Creative rendition of SARS-COV-2 virus particles. Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH

UW–Madison Researchers Lead Effort to Create a Universal Coronavirus Vaccine

Posted on January 18, 2022

Viruses can be wily adapters, changing their identities to find new hosts and thwart efforts to stop them. That’s why University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers and their collaborators are making progress toward developing universal vaccines against …

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Grant Provides Lifesaving Pet Cancer Treatments at UW School of Veterinary Medicine

Posted on December 29, 2021

When Kiki, a daring 11-year-old black cat, became less bold and outgoing this January and started repeatedly sneezing, his family knew something was the matter. “For some cats, you might know they do not feel …

A hallmark of Alexander disease is the buildup of abnormal proteins called Rosenthal fibers, pictured here (red) in brain tissue from a study of a rat model of the disease.

Promising Treatment for Alexander Disease Moves From Rat Model to Human Clinical Trials

Posted on November 17, 2021

Alexander disease is a progressive and rare neurological disorder with no cure or standard course of treatment. But a new study led by researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison involving a rat model of the …

This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round blue objects) emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. SARS-CoV-2, also known as 2019-nCoV, is the virus that causes COVID-19. The virus shown was isolated from a patient in the U.S. Credit: NIAID-RML

Study Shows Virus Abundant in COVID-19 Cases in Wisconsin, Even Among Fully Vaccinated

Posted on August 4, 2021

Update, Aug. 13, 2021: Responding to interest in their original publication, the researchers who produced this study updated their preprint manuscript to include positive COVID test samples from more than 400 additional individuals, bringing the …

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Study Evaluates Accuracy of Tests for Bartonella Infection in Dogs, Addressing ‘Big Gap’ in Veterinary Medicine

Posted on July 15, 2021

A study led by University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Veterinary Medicine Clinical Assistant Professor Erin Lashnits provides new insights into how best to diagnose Bartonella infection in dogs, a common flea-borne disease that is linked to heart …

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Combining Low-Dose Radiotherapy With Immunotherapy Eradicates Metastatic Cancer in Mice

Posted on July 14, 2021

More doesn’t necessarily mean better — including in cancer treatment. University of Wisconsin–Madison and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine scientists report today in the journal Science Translational Medicine that combining targeted radiopharmaceutical therapy with …

University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine students perform a check-up visit with owners Clarence and Kelly and their dogs Ike and Tina at a Wisconsin Companion Animal Resources, Education and Social Services (WisCARES) clinic in Madison in October 2015

UW Veterinary Medicine Professor Ruthanne Chun Receives 2021 LaMarr Billups Community-University Engagement Award

Posted on June 23, 2021

Ruthanne Chun DVM’91, clinical professor of oncology in the UW School of Veterinary Medicine, has been named the winner of this year’s LaMarr Billups Community-University Engagement Award. The award recognizes a member of the Greater …

Creative rendition of SARS-COV-2 virus particles. Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH

Vaccination, Previous Infection, Protect Against COVID-19 Gamma/P.1 Variant in Animal Model

Posted on June 17, 2021

In early January 2021, travelers returning to Tokyo, Japan, from Amazonas, Brazil, were screened for COVID-19 at the airport. A few days later, the National Institute of Infectious Disease of Japan announced that the travelers …

Tom Friedrich, professor in the UW School of Veterinary Medicine, explains a consent form and the process of volunteers spitting in a small vial as part of a trial of a new COVID-19 saliva test

UW-Madison Professors Teach Schools How To Do Antigen Testing

Posted on June 11, 2021

 A team of UW–Madison researchers this year taught nurses and personnel at more than 100 Dane County schools how to conduct rapid antigen testing for the virus that causes COVID-19, allowing them to react …

Right of center, Senator Tammy Baldwin listens to a presentation by UW-Madison graduate student Gage Moreno, far right, as Baldwin tours the AIDS Vaccine Research Laboratory (AVRL) in University Research Park at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on April, 5, 2021. (Photo by Jeff Miller / UW-Madison)

UW–Madison Joins Rockefeller Foundation’s Pandemic Prevention Institute

Posted on June 9, 2021

The Rockefeller Foundation, a philanthropy focused on health, science and social issues, today announced efforts to create an international pandemic prevention institute. By building a network of more than 20 public, private and nonprofit partners around …

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