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  • Posted on March 21, 2016
    Keeping us safe

    It’s hard to believe now, but when the Food Research Institute (FRI) was established in 1946—two years prior to the founding of the World Health […]

  • Posted on November 10, 2015
    Bitten: When it comes to mosquitoes, nobody wants to be attractive

    There’s no ignoring it. Some of the students enrolled in this medical entomology class are far more attractive than others. They know it, their classmates […]

  • Posted on November 6, 2015
    Food safety for the holidays – Audio
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    Food safety tips for the holiday Kathy Glass, Distinguished Scientist Food Research Institute UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences kglass@wisc.edu Phone (608) 263-6935, (608) […]

  • Posted on November 2, 2015
    Judith Kimble: Rescuing biomedical research in the U.S. – Audio
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      In this podcast, produced by CALS’ Sevie Kenyon, biochemistry professor Judith Kimble describes challenges facing America’s biomedical research enterprise and her effort to help […]

  • Posted on August 31, 2015
    Morgridge Institute selects Pagliarini to lead campus metabolism initiative

    Dave Pagliarini, a University of Wisconsin-Madison associate professor whose departmental home put metabolism research on the map worldwide, will help define the future of Wisconsin […]

  • Posted on August 28, 2015
    Farm to school food program grows – Audio
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    Farm to school program grows Vanessa Herald, Outreach Specialist Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences vherald@wisc.edu Phone (608) 263-6064 […]

  • Posted on August 26, 2015
    A novel method for replacing defective proteins offers a new way to treat diseases

    Many human diseases—including cancer—are caused by protein malfunctions. Those malfunctions, in turn, are caused by damaged DNA that gets translated into the damaged proteins. While […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]