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NIH funding drives life-saving innovation and economic impact

Four UW–Madison professors elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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UW–Madison scientists part of team awarded Breakthrough Prize in Physics

Campus data storage solutions evolve with addition of Research Object Storage

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    in nation for volume of research
  • $1.73B
    spent on research
  • 17
    VCR research and service centers
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n the late 1950s, Kay Emerson became the first person in Wisconsin to be successfully treated for phenylketonuria (PKU), a rare metabolic condition that can cause severe intellectual and developmental disability if left untreated. She was treated by Harry Waisman, MD, PhD, who was a renowned PKU researcher and physician and who the Waisman Center is named after. He advocated to add PKU to the Newborn Screening Panel in Wisconsin.

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AAAS members elect UW researchers new fellows  More

Could an arthritis drug unlock lasting relief from epilepsy and seizures? UW–Madison researchers see promising results in mice.  More

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NIH funding drives life-saving innovation and economic impact in Wisconsin. University, biomedical and industry leaders issue call to protect it.  More

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