Category: Health and Wellness
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Posted on August 6, 2015
“Happy Days Study” meets the microbiome
For almost 60 years, the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS) has closely followed the life course of roughly a third of Wisconsin high school graduates from […]
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Posted on July 15, 2015
Cancer discovery links experimental vaccine and biological treatment
A new study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has linked two seemingly unrelated cancer treatments that are both now being tested in clinical trials. One […]
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Posted on July 8, 2015
Protein suggests a new strategy to thwart infection
The newfound ability of a protein of the intestines and lungs to distinguish between human cells and the cells of bacterial invaders could underpin new […]
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Posted on July 2, 2015
Five things everyone should know about stevia
It’s not just a sweetener. The plant genus Stevia includes more than 200 species of herbs and shrubs native to South America and mexico. Yet […]
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Posted on June 16, 2015
Denise Ney: A fresh course
Denise Ney is dishing up new options to people living with a rare metabolic disorder. And the next big thing in weight loss may be […]
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Posted on June 9, 2015
Study redefines role of estrogen in cervical cancer
Scientists have prior evidence that the hormone estrogen is a major driver in the growth of cervical cancer, but a new study examining genetic profiles […]
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Posted on June 4, 2015
CALS researcher wins Governor’s Business Plan Contest
Katie Brenner, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, won the 2015 Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest in Madison Wednesday. Brenner was chosen from […]
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Posted on May 22, 2015
2015 Tick and mosquito outlook – Audio
/RSS Feed2015 Wisconsin mosquito and tick outlook PJ Liesch, Director, Insect Diagnostic Lab Department of Entomology UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences pliesch@wisc.edu Phone (608) […]
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Posted on April 6, 2015
National leaders to visit Madison for biomedical research workshop
From Howard Temin’s Nobel Prize-winning discovery of reverse transcriptase to James Thomson’s isolation of viable human stem cells, the University of Wisconsin-Madison has long enjoyed […]
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Posted on March 10, 2015
Unpuzzling diabetes: Alan Attie tracks the internal mechanisms behind a fast-growing disease
The body makes it seem so simple. You take a bite of supper, and the black-box machinery of metabolism hums into life, transforming food into fuel […]
