Coming Soon: Glow-in-the-Dark Cancer Surgery A near future when surgeons can see cancer cells glow in the operating room is outlined this week by a team of University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center researchers. Read …
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Congratulations to Ray Zhang (MD PhD Student, Kuo lab) First author of new Nature Review!
Beyond the margins: real-time detection of cancer using targeted fluorophores Ray R. Zhang, Alexandra B. Schroeder, Joseph J. Grudzinski, Eben L. Rosenthal, Jason M. Warram, Anatoly N. Pinchuk, Kevin W. Eliceiri, John S. Kuo & …
UW Hospital Neuro ICU reunion brings lives full circle
MADISON, Wis. – The doctors and nurses in the University of Wisconsin Hospital Neuro ICU see patients during the most critical moments in their lives. In many cases, when those patients are moved from the …
Josh Medow: Critical care for the brain
“UW MADISON – At Joshua Medow’s first job, in the Neurocritical Intensive Care Unit at UW Hospital and Clinics, he saves lives. His patients have endured strokes, car accidents and shootings. At his second job, …
Ready, aim, fire! Cancer-targeting mechanism underlies promising UW-Madison spinoff
“MADISON – For all their lethality, cancer cells don’t look much different from healthy cells, a simple fact that causes endless pain and suffering. Finding cancer cells that have spread and threaten to grow into …
Novel Therapeutic Lights up Brain Cancer During Surgery
Madison, Wisconsin – Scientists at the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center (UWCCC) have identified two new fluorescent tumor-targeting agents that seek and light up brain cancer cells, and their potential for use during cancer …
Retreat and Refresh Stroke Camp
The UW Stroke Program hosted its second Retreat and Refresh Stroke Camp Sept. 19-21 at Green Lake Conference Center. Twenty-one stroke survivors and their caregivers, plus our volunteers and trained staff combined to create a …
Dr. Kuo and his research group on the cover of “Science Translational Medicine”in “Science Translational Medicine.”
“Many consider targeted or molecular imaging to be the optimal way to image cancer. Weichert and colleagues feel differently: Uptake of certain small molecules by all cancer cells can give a broad view of cancer, …
Society of Neurological Surgeons Honors Robert Dempsey
Madison, Wisconsin – Dr Robert Dempsey, chair of neurosurgery in the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, received the Distinguished Service Award at the May annual meeting. It is the oldest neurosurgical …
Wisconsin Stroke Net (WSN)
The Wisconsin Stroke Net (WSN) is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) StrokeNet and is based at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. The goal of the WSN is to improve stroke prevention, treatment, …