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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 […]

  • Posted on March 31, 2017
    Bioprospecting for new medicine – Audio
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    Caitlin 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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    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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Posted on January 27, 2017
    CDC awards $10 million for insect borne disease center

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded $10 million to a consortium of Midwestern universities to establish a new research and training […]

  • Posted on January 11, 2017
    UW-Madison launches Microbiome Initiative

    We are not alone. Each of us carries a wide array of microbial species that outnumber our cells tenfold. Recent studies have shown that the […]

  • Posted on January 9, 2017
    Antibiotics off the beaten path

    As more antibiotic-resistant “superbugs” emerge, it’s clear that we desperately need new antimicrobial drugs. Yet, over the past couple of decades, antibiotic discovery has largely […]