New research from investigators at the UW-Madison O’Brien Center describes a new mechanism of benign prostate disease, initiated by fetal chemical exposure, which durably increases prostatic noradrenergic axon density and causes smooth muscle hyperactivity and …
Research
New review from Drs. Douglas Strand and Chad Vezina highlights changing perspectives on the identity of the prostate progenitor
A recent review publication from Dr. Douglas Strand (UTSW) and Dr. Chad Vezina (UW-Madison) describes how recent cellular and anatomical studies are changing our viewpoint on the identity of the prostate progenitor. See the full …
Dr. Kim Keil Stietz and colleagues describe how developmental exposure to PCBs has effects on the bladder
Exciting new research from Dr. Kim Keil Stietz and colleagues at the UW/UTSW/U.Mass-Boston O’Brien Center and Lein Lab at UC Davis describes how developmental exposure to PCBs has effects on the bladder. See full text …
Exciting new work from Drs. vom Saal (University of Missouri), Ricke (UW-Madison), and colleagues!
Exciting new work from Drs. vom Saal (University of Missouri), Ricke (UW-Madison), and colleagues! See the full publication here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32486162/
New collaborative research from UW-Madison, Florida International University, and the University of Florida demonstrates how timing and concentrations of testosterone are required to work alongside local GLI3 activity to control development of a functional male urogenital tract
New collaborative research from UW-Madison, Florida International University, and the University of Florida demonstrates how timing and concentrations of testosterone are required to work alongside local GLI3 activity to control development of a functional male …
Kyle Wegner is first author on ‘Edar is a downstream target of beta-catenin and drives collagen accumulation in the mouse prostate’
Kyle Wegner is first author on ‘Edar is a downstream target of beta-catenin and drives collagen accumulation in the mouse prostate’, published in BIO. Kyle is a PhD candidate in the lab of Chad M. …
SPUUR INTERN PRESENTS AT NIDDK MEETING
Leema John, 2016 SPUUR intern, presented her summer research findings at the 2016 NIDDK Urology Director’s Meeting in Pacific Grove, California, December 7-9, 2016.
UMASS BOSTON AND DANA-FARBER/HARVARD CANCER CENTER U54 PARTNERSHIP RECEIVES $8.5M
The University of Massachusetts Boston and the Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center (DF/HCC) have been granted $8.5 million over five years from the National Institutes of Health to support their U54 Comprehensive Partnership for Cancer Disparities …
JEONG RECEIVES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE GRANT TO STUDY PROSTATE DISEASE DEVELOPMENT
Clara Jeong, PhD, received a Prostate Cancer Research Program Postdoctoral Training Award from the Department of Defense to support her investigation into the effects of environmental toxicants on prostate disease development. The two-year award begins …
BUSHMAN RECEIVES VA GRANT TO STUDY LINK BETWEEN PROSTATE INFLAMMATION AND BPH/LUTS
Wade Bushman, MD, PhD, the Robert F. and Dolores K. Schnoes Chair in Urologic Research, was recently awarded a 4-year Merit Award from the Veteran’s Administration to study the role of prostate inflammation in Benign …