Research into new therapies for skin diseases is challenging for a number of reasons. As is known, skin cells are exposed to both atmospheric air and liquids within the body. However, conventional cel...
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Metagenomics is the study of genetic material from environmental samples for detecting microbes, especially pathogens. It is increasingly used within clinical and industrial settings. While metagenomi...
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UW-Madison inventors have developed a device that controls a series of actuators mounted onto various inverted microscopes (i.e. Nikon TiE II) to add 3D bioprinting and pick and place capabilities. Th...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed a set of novel isobaric chemical tags, DiLeu-Biotin-Azide (DBA), that could be useful in proteomics, particularly quantification of post translational modificatio...
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A UW-Madison researcher has created a cell line capable of growing LDV virus in vitro. The inventor explains that he made an educated guess as to what the receptor for this virus might (CD163) be and ...
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A UW-Madison researcher has developed FcRn-overexpressing cell lines that are susceptible to arterivirus infection. Through a genetic screen, the inventor discovered that the neonatal Fc receptor (FcR...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed and validated a novel “parasitome” method to accurately characterize parasites in samples. Like published metabarcoding protocols, the new method cons...
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Su-Chun Zhang, a world-renowned neuroscientist and pioneer in stem cell research, has developed a method for printing neural tissues that allows cells to form neural networks in vitro. The human brain...
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UW-Madison researchers have identified several tryptophan decarboxylase (TDC) mutations for improving enzymatic activity towards substituted tryptamines. Having identified these mutations, the researc...
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Aspects of the present disclosure from UW Madison researchers are directed to methods and apparatuses involving characterization via homologizing disparate speech terminology. As may be implemented in...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed a protein-based method for selective deuteration of amino acids. The inventors’ method leverages the aminotransferase DsaD, a PLP-dependent enzyme, and a sm...
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UW-Madison researchers disclose an improved method for generating diverse microbiomes. The method leverages growth media composition and species inoculum ratios to control the makeup of the consortia,...
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Catalysts play countless roles in modern society including production of fertilizer, synthesis of plastics and other ubiquitous materials and development of pharmaceuticals. However, many catalysts re...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed and characterized nine murine monoclonal antibody (mAb) reagents that react uniquely with the EC1 (2x), EC2 (2x), EC5 (3x), and EC6 (2x) extracellular cadherin re...
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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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UW-Madison researchers have developed a number of variants of lytic strain L. reuteri ∆Φ1attB1∆Φ2∆attB2 (WARF case P170020). They are: L. reuteri∆Φ1, in which prophage #1 is dele...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed photo-cleavable anionic surfactants, particularly 4-hexylphenylazosulfonate (Azo) and sodium 4-hexylphenylazosulfonate derivatives, which can be rapidly degraded ...
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UW-Madison researchers developed an improved method of gene editing human iPSCs through CRISPR-Cas. They added the histone deacetylase small molecule inhibitor Trichostatin A (TSA) before addition of ...
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A UW-Madison researcher has developed a Rhesus Macaque induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) line, called the Rh2431 iPSC line. 
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UW-Madison researchers have developed a titin DNA construct (a ‘titin minigene plasmid’) that is useful for identifying agents that modulate the titin size reduction that correlates with a...
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A UW-Madison researcher has developed a Cynomolgus Macaque induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) line, called the cy0657 iPSC line.
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UW-Madison researchers disclose a new method for differentiating brain mural cells – encompassing pericytes and vascular smooth muscle cells – from hPSCs. The inventors used their previous...
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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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UW researchers have developed modified genetically encoded plasma membrane voltage probes for monitoring mitochondrial and ER membrane voltage gradients. A fluorescence protein tag was coupled with a ...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed three novel monoclonal antibodies that all have exceptional activity against human and mouse GATA2.   
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