Hamdi Hamzah

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UW researcher studies the rare Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease

By Hamdi Hamzah | Feb. 10, 2015

The enormity of research available at UW-Madison comes as no surprise to the students on campus. The research subjects range from common ones such as cancer research to something as rare as Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease. Truth be told, my understanding of PMD was minimal prior to this article since this disease affects one in almost 200,000 males in the United States. (PMD is an X-linked recessive trait that is only present in males; females are only possible carriers of PMD)

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Real-time interface for brain scans allows direct feedback during surgeries

By Hamdi Hamzah | Sep. 23, 2014

Conventionally, patients requiring neurosurgery will undergo a few protocols. After visiting a doctor with a specific brain-related problem, the doctor will send the patient to a magnetic resonance (MR) scanner, which will allow doctors to project the specific location of the brain that needs to be operated on.

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UW develops new asthma test

By Hamdi Hamzah | May. 4, 2014

Asthma affects one in every 12 people in the United States and this trend is increasing every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Conventionally, patients are diagnosed through indirect measures such as lung functionality. Direct methods have traditionally required a venipuncture blood draw and thus have been impractical because they can’t be used with everyone. However, with the kit-on-a-lid-assay (KOALA) microfluidic technology developed by a team of the University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers, only one drop of blood is required to detect asthma.

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Touchscreens may do more for toddlers

By Hamdi Hamzah | Feb. 4, 2014

“Sesame Street.” “Blue’s Clues.” “Dora the Explorer.” These television programs aim to teach children by providing an early exposure to learning. As effective as they are in increasing a child’s ability to learn, interacting with the screen media has proven to be a better way to educate children at the age of two to three years old—a finding reported by Dr. Heather Kirkorian, a researcher at University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Human Ecology.

UW researcher studies the rare Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease

Real-time interface for brain scans allows direct feedback during surgeries

UW develops new asthma test

Touchscreens may do more for toddlers

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