by Chukuka Enwemeka | Mar 25, 2014 | Videos
Phototherapy can be used to treat a wide variety of ailments and destroy dangerous pathogens. In this Academy Talk at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, Dr. Chukuka S. Enwemeka, dean of UW–Milwaukee’s College of Health Sciences, shares the latest medical...
by Laura Otto | Feb 27, 2014 | Magazine Article
What if there was a way to treat debilitating diseases without drugs or surgery? What if chronic injuries could be healed with the application of something as ubiquitous as light? Scientists have known for years that some wavelengths of light in certain doses can heal...
by R. Alta Charo | Feb 20, 2014 | Magazine Article
There are a number of horrible diseases that we face in our lives and in the lives of our friends. And with the diagnosis of these diseases comes a realization that we don’t have a cure for everything. Even when there is the promise of a cure for any one disease,...
by Ron Seely | Nov 15, 2013 | Magazine Article
Infectious, deformed proteins called prions, known to cause chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer, can be taken up by plants such as alfalfa, corn, and tomatoes, according to new research from the National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC) in Madison. The NWHC’s prion...
by Laura Kiessling | Sep 27, 2013 | Videos
How does a brain cell know that it is different than a blood cell? Or for that matter a cancer cell? In this Wisconsin Academy talk, biochemist Laura Kiessling explains how the carbohydrate “coat” that cells wear on their surface conveys information about...
