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 a key role in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE more PR

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 of Computing & Artificial Intelligence and five ot more PR

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 passed away in January of this year. "We are inc more PR

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 described the group as "home," praised its missio more PR