Category: Health and Wellness
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Posted on April 25, 2017
Advances breathe new life into Madison infection-detection company
In the face of growing crises related to antibiotic resistance and hospital-acquired infections, a UW–Madison spinoff called Isomark is working to introduce a new infection-detection […]
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Posted on April 17, 2017
Study finds amoeba “grazing,” killing bacteria usually protected by film
Bacteria have developed an uncountable number of chemistries, lifestyles, attacks and defenses through 2.5 billion years of evolution. One of the most impressive defenses is […]
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Posted on April 14, 2017
Bacterial supermachine reveals streamlined protein assembly line
There are many processes that take place in cells that are essential for life. Two of these, transcription and translation, allow the genetic information stored […]
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Posted on April 13, 2017
Antibiotic alternatives, delivered by friendly microbes
Microbiologist Jan Peter van Pijkeren looks at probiotics — those microbes thought to provide health benefits in our bodies — as more than just friendly […]
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Posted on March 31, 2017
Bioprospecting for new medicine – Audio
/RSS FeedCaitlin Carlson, Associate Research Specialist Department of Bacteriology UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences cmcarlson5@wisc.edu 3:01 – Total Time 0:14 – What is bioprospecting […]
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Bioprospecting for new medicine – full Audio
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Caitlin Carlson, Associate Research Specialist Department of Bacteriology UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences cmcarlson5@wisc.edu 10:56 – Total Time 0:14 – What is bioprospecting […]
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Posted on March 15, 2017
Researchers make headway toward understanding Alexander disease
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have made a surprising and potentially crucial discovery about Alexander disease, a rare and fatal neurological disorder with no […]
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Posted on February 17, 2017
From mice, clues to microbiome’s influence on metabolic disease
The community of microorganisms that resides in the gut, known as the microbiome, has been shown to work in tandem with the genes of a […]
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Posted on February 14, 2017
Two from UW-Madison contribute to human gene editing report
The National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Medicine issued a 258-page report Tuesday (Feb. 14) focused on human genome editing. It lays out […]
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The inner world of athletes: Using technology to explore a microbial medical mystery
So many things typically distinguish accomplished athletes from the rest of us—greater strength and endurance, better balance, faster reactions—but one of the more surprising differences […]
