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April, 2025: Stem cells could treat heart disease

March 13, 2025: Study at UW-Madison brings possible placenta treatment closer to clinical trials

Mar. 10, 2025: Bioengineered arteries show promise for cardiovascular surgery

Feb. 11, 2025: First-of-its-kind nanoparticle injection study in pregnant primates produces promising results

Jan. 27, 2025: UW-Madison study in monkeys brings placenta treatment one step closer to humans

Jan. 8, 2025: Medicines for Placental Disorders Working Their Way up the Species Ladder

Dec. 11, 2024: Human Trials for Parkinson’s Begin After Primate Success

Dec. 5, 2024: Levine concludes 14 years as Wisconsin National Primate Research Center Director, will continue neuroscience research

Nov. 26, 2024: Research to treat placenta could improve human pregnancies

Nov. 13, 2024: Human stem cell-derived heart cells are safe in monkeys, could treat congenital heart disease

Nov. 5, 2024: “The Subcutaneous Adipose Microenvironment as a Determinant of Body Fat Development in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome” is the Journal of the Endocrine Society’s Featured Article this week. Authors include David Abbott from the WNPRC.

Aug. 24, 2024: UW poised to join studies of pig organ transplants in people (by David Wahlberg, Wisconsin State Journal, subscription required.) Describes the Center for Biomedical Swine Research and research involving pig kidneys transplanted into WNPRC rhesus monkeys.

July 29, 2024: Brain cell grafts in monkeys jump-start human trial for new Parkinson’s treatment

 

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