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  • Posted on January 16, 2018
    New Clues to Healthy Bones for People with PKU

    Individuals with the metabolic disorder phenylketonuria, or PKU, cannot metabolize the amino acid phenylalanine. Without careful dietary management, it can accumulate at high levels in their […]

  • Posted on January 2, 2018
    Beyond antibiotics: How slumping performance is spurring treatment innovations

    Since the beginning of their widespread adoption in the 1940s, antibiotics — the antimicrobial drugs we use to treat bacterial infections — have saved millions […]

  • Posted on December 27, 2017
    New hope for stopping an understudied heart disease in its tracks

    The diminutive size of our aortic valve — just shy of a quarter — belies its essential role in pushing oxygen-rich blood from the heart […]

  • Posted on December 18, 2017
    Chimpanzee deaths in Uganda pinned on human cold virus

    In the wild, chimpanzees face any number of dire threats, ranging from poachers to predators to deforestation. That’s why scientists, investigating an outbreak of respiratory […]

  • Posted on November 30, 2017
    Designer molecule points to treatment for diseases caused by DNA repeats

    Using a molecule designed to overcome a roadblock formed by a common type of genetic flaw, researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have made progress […]

  • Posted on November 17, 2017
    Food safety during Thanksgiving – Audio
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    Barb Ingham, UW-Extension food safety specialist Department of Food Science UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences bhingham@wisc.edu (608) 263-7383 For food safety tips on […]

  • Posted on November 8, 2017
    New model reveals possibility of pumping antibiotics into bacteria

    Researchers in the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Biochemistry have discovered that a cellular pump known to move drugs like antibiotics out of E. coli bacteria has […]

  • Posted on October 25, 2017
    Morgridge, UW scientists explore national security implications of gene editing

    A trio of scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Morgridge Institute for Research participated in an international think tank this month on the […]

  • Posted on October 24, 2017
    2017 marks centennial of two significant biochemistry department discoveries

    The year 1917 — 100 years ago — was a big year for the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, then called the Department of […]

  • Posted on October 17, 2017
    Why is the grass greener? Sports-field experiment to reveal results on Oct. 19 in Stoughton

    The results of an unusual, real world experiment on four methods for managing sports fields will be shown to the public on Oct. 19. The […]