Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

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Lesion Volume Measurements System

An apparatus for measuring lesion volume, for example, in laboratory animals, provides a mirror box allowing a camera to simultaneously acquire profiles of the lesion along at least two crossing axes ...
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Randall Kimple, Junzhou Chen, Hunter Higby, Ryan Wisth, Kyuhyun Lee, Jeremy Rogers | P190262US02

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Rat Model of Alexander Disease

Alexander disease (AxD) is a rare disease of the central nervous system characterized by formation of protein aggregates within astrocytes and disruption of growth or maintenance of the myelin sheath....
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Albee Messing, Tracy Hagemann | P170228US01

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Blood-Brain Barrier Model

Accurately reproducing the blood-brain barrier in an in vitro setting has been a longstanding challenge. Current methods require the independent isolation of multiple cell types, and the quality of th...
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Eric Shusta, Clive Svendsen, Christian Weidenfeller | P06318US02

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Research Tool for Protein Conformation Analysis

The three-dimensional structure of proteins can be studied in solution using various methods of covalent and noncovalent labeling in which the readout is accomplished by mass spectrometry (MS). These ...
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Michael Sussman, J. Leon Shohet, Faraz Choudhury, Joshua Blatz, Benjamin Minkoff, Daniel Benjamin | P160180US02

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Animal Model of Brittle Bone Disease

Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) or brittle bone disease is an incurable genetic disorder that causes fragile bones and a lifetime of breaks and fractures. Recently, mutations in the gene for bone morphog...
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Daniel Greenspan, Se-Jin Lee | P160036US01

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Yeast-Based Intein Platform for Drug Production

The therapeutic and biochemical properties of proteins including antibodies can be enhanced by custom chemical functionalization that enables modifications, such as small molecule drug conjugation, PE...
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Eric Shusta, Cathryn Marshall | P150056US02

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Adapted Rhinovirus C for Maximum Virus Yield

Human rhinoviruses (species A, B and C) encompass more than 160 types that are responsible for the majority of upper respiratory tract infections (common colds) and many of the lower respiratory tract...
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James Gern, Yury Bochkov, Ann Palmenberg, Kelly Watters | P160050US02

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Increasing Red Blood Cell Production

Maintaining an adequate supply of oxygen to tissue is necessary for survival. The oxygen-carrying capacity of blood is governed by the concentration of red blood cells (erythrocytes). It is critical t...
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Emery Bresnick, Yoon A Kang, Skye McIver | P130326US02

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Ringworm Fungal Strain for Infection Studies

Microsporum canis is a skin fungal pathogen that causes dermatophytosis (ringworm) most commonly in cats and dogs. Dermatophytosis clinical trials are lengthy and complicated because the nature of the...
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Douglas DeBoer, Karen Moriello | P140194US01

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