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HUMAN BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER MODEL FOR IMMUNOLOGICAL STUDIES

A research collaboration between UW-Madison and the University of Bern has resulted in a new protocol for generating cells that can be used to better model the response and behavior of immune cells in...
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Eric Shusta, Hideaki Nishihara, Benjamin Gastfriend, Sean Palecek, Britta Engelhardt | P200363US03

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VACO6

A UW-Madison researcher has established a cell line, called VACO6, from a discarded tissue specimen of a surgically resected primary human colon cancer. The detailed characteristics of the clinical do...
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James Willson | P230180US01

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Primatized Mouse

The present invention is a novel, primatized mouse model for studying the immune system of nonhuman primates in a relatively low-cost mouse. The UW-Madison inventor used a different source of immune c...
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Matthew Brown | P210237US02

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Knockout of GFAP In the Mouse (Model tm1Mes)

UW-Madison researchers have developed a GFAP knockout mouse model, designated tm1Mes, that has been engineered to have an internal deletion of the Gfap gene that renders it completely non-functional. ...
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Albee Messing, Maureen McCall | P220164US01

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Mouse Models for Protein Granule Diseases

Overload of protein granules in cells induces many forms of diseases, and is especially found in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis as well as ver...
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Wei Guo | P210193US01

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Plasmids And Cell Lines Expressing The DMPK 3'UTR

The UW Madison researchers' invention is a set of plasmid constructs and cell lines developed to investigate the effects of RNA toxicity in myotonic dystrophy. The inventor created two constructs link...
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Mani Mahadevan, Jeffrey Amack | P210221US01

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Isogenic Blood-Brain Barrier Model

A method of creating an isogenic multicellular blood-brain barrier model from iPSCs is disclosed.
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Eric Shusta, Scott Canfield, Clive Svendsen, Gad Vatine, Sean Palecek | P160286US02

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Rat Model of Alexander Disease

Alexander disease (AxD) is a rare disease of the central nervous system characterized by formation of protein aggregates within astrocytes and disruption of growth or maintenance of the myelin sheath....
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Albee Messing, Tracy Hagemann | P170228US01

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Blood-Brain Barrier Model

Accurately reproducing the blood-brain barrier in an in vitro setting has been a longstanding challenge. Current methods require the independent isolation of multiple cell types, and the quality of th...
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Eric Shusta, Clive Svendsen, Christian Weidenfeller | P06318US02

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Animal Model of Brittle Bone Disease

Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) or brittle bone disease is an incurable genetic disorder that causes fragile bones and a lifetime of breaks and fractures. Recently, mutations in the gene for bone morphog...
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Daniel Greenspan, Se-Jin Lee | P160036US01

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