A team of researchers has developed a new technique to map the three-dimensional forces that clusters of human cells exert on their surrounding environment. The method could potentially help scientists better understand how tissue forms, …
Engineering and the Health Highway
Mitigating a pain in the neck: New understanding of vagus nerve could improve neuromodulation outcomes
Within the rapidly growing field of neuromodulation, which involves electrically stimulating nerves to treat a host of medical conditions, one nerve in particular has attracted the interest of the medical community. The vagus nerve’s extensive …
Bill Murphy Develops Nucleic Acid Technologies for Dianomi Therapeutics
MADISON, Wis., /PRNewswire/ — Dianomi Therapeutics Inc. announced that it has licensed a second suite of intellectual property (IP) from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), expanding the use of its Mineral Coated Microparticle (MCM) …
New Faculty Focus: Engineering welcomes 12
The UW–Madison College of Engineering has added 12 new faculty members this academic year, with expertise ranging from fusion energy to quantum systems to the earth’s energy. Meet the new faculty members, and learn about …
Stephan Rudykh Earns 2019 Faculty Scholar Award
Healthcare improvements are a crucial component of addressing a larger societal need. With a better understanding of microstructures found in biological tissues and other soft matter, clinicians can gain insight into previously unknown mechanisms of …
Stimulating progress: Injectable electrode could simplify neuromodulation
By electrically stimulating nerves, neuromodulation therapies can reduce epileptic seizures, treat depression and a host of other health conditions, and soothe chronic pain—all without the use of conventional drugs like opioids. Now, University of Wisconsin-Madison …
Neural Connections Across Campus
UW-Madison professor Aviad Hai is developing tiny electronic sensors to study brain activity using MRI. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner can be used to take detailed anatomical snapshots of the brain noninvasively — without …
NAE Report on Clinician Burnout led by Carayon
Pascale Carayon, Grainger Institute lead of smart and connected healthcare research, co-chaired a committee of the National Academy of Medicine that issued a new report addressing burnout. “Clinician burnout is very complex, and there is …
Trevathan, James
Ludwig lands $2 million grant as part of NIH effort to combat opioid abuse
Kip Ludwig will lead a more than $2 million NIH grant to test a novel liquid metal electrode as an alternative means of treating chronic back pain. “Right now there is a huge market for …