“The impact of Dr. Murphy’s translational biomaterials research is huge; the products successfully translated from Dr. Murphy’s lab are of critical importance. For example, the TruMatch Graft Cage™ is a 3D-printed personalized resorbable implant for …
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mRNA therapy could break down treatment barriers for patients with chronic spinal cord injuries
“My hope is this opens up an opportunity to treat patients who have chronic spinal cord injuries,” says Professor Murphy, whose lab develops biologically inspired materials for regenerative medicine applications. “That’s a patient population that …
Science and Serendipity: How Apples Are Laying the Foundation for Regenerating Bone
Researchers are using innovative plant-based biomaterials to grow new bone that could restore depleted bone mass after space travel. May 9, 2022
William Murphy receives mid career Kellett award
Faculty receive WARF Named Professorships, Kellett Fellowships, and Romnes Awards May 25, 2021 By Natasha Kassulke Thirty-three members of the University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty have been awarded fellowships for 2021-22. The awardees span the four divisions on …
Quarterly Magazine by the Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association
COVER STORY Over the past two decades, stem cell research at UW-Madison has grown from involving a handful of scientists to nearly 100 from more than 30 schools, colleges and departments.
mRNA technology used in COVID vaccines now being tested to treat cancer, autoimmune diseases
The method used to make the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines could change the future of medicine as we know it. Researchers inside the Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research have been studying the same mRNA technology …
Stem cells: How we got here, where we’re going
The first in a series of four videos about stem cell research here at UW–Madison: how it started, what it’s achieved, and where it’s headed. Catch up on what’s happened since James Thomson’s prescient prediction …
Murphy’s law: Make materials with biology in mind
As an undergraduate student majoring in physics at Illinois Wesleyan University, William Murphy took exactly one biology course: Biology 101. Two decades later, he’s built a career around creating what he calls “bio-inspired” materials such as …
Biomanufacturing projects stepping out at UW-Madison
A series of projects aimed at advancing the human-health and economic impact of biomanufacturing is already benefiting from a new University of Wisconsin–Madison institute aimed at making the state a Midwestern hub of the ongoing …
Manufacturing cells to regenerate tissues, build treatments and cures
Most people don’t think of manufacturing when it comes to biology. But new bioengineering technologies to regenerate human tissue on a commercial scale will be critical to the next phase in stem cell research. There …