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Enrollment complete in landmark study of adolescent brain development

By Laura L OttoDecember 3, 2018HealthChildren's Health

Enrollment of nearly 12,000 youths, ages 9 and 10, in a landmark study of brain development and child health is now complete, the National Institutes of Health announced today. A researcher from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is overseeing the collection of data from 384 Wisconsin participants in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study, the largest […]

UWM Libraries to share Wisconsin HIV/AIDS stories

By UWM NewsNovember 29, 2018HealthPublic Health

A new oral history project captures the feelings of fear and devastation wrought by the disease, as well as the hope and success in fighting it. It’s all captured in interviews with many of those who lived through it.

Liquid biopsies could lead to better cancer treatments

By November 29, 2018

Tumors shed fragments of DNA into the blood, which Spencer Huang believes could help doctors diagnose cancer earlier and provide more effective treatment.