MADISON, Wisconsin, July 28 -- The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health posted the following news: * * * Overriding a genetic mutation to restore sight * For children born with a rare form of inherited blindness called Leber congenital amaurosis type 16 (LCA16), the genetic culprit can be a single miswritten instruction in their DNA known as a nonsense mutation. The mutation results in a truncated and nonfunctional form of a critical protein called Kir7.1, which plays  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, July 28 -- The University of Wisconsin posted the following news: * * * NSF announces investment to shape the nation's future data backbone * Morgridge and UW-Madison team up to provide data services for the AI era The National Science Foundation announced yesterday $83 million of investments for data systems and services to shape a future, AI-capable data backbone of the national cyberinfrastructure. The Morgridge Institute for Research, along with UW-Madison's College   more

GREEN BAY, Wisconsin, July 29 -- The University of Wisconsin Green Bay campus issued the following news release: * * * UW-Green Bay Receives $2.3M Gift to Benefit Music Program, The Weidner, Veterans Services and UWGB Women's Basketball Brand new pianos for music students is one of the many ways that the recent $2.3 million gift from Dean Emeritus Robert "Bob" J. Bauer will benefit students at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. A decades-long professor and leader at the university, Bauer  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, July 29 -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Speaker Johnson worrisomely says Christian legal ministry guides House leadership The Freedom From Religion Foundation is expressing concern after House Speaker Mike Johnson declared at a highly influential Christian legal organization's annual summit that it shapes his governance. Johnson, speaking recently to hundreds of Alliance Defending Freedom supporters in San Diego, repeatedly  more