Category: Health and Wellness
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Posted on March 11, 2014
Paradigm shifts, great discoveries and shining moments
In honor of the CALS Quasquicentennial, the cover story in the new issue of Grow magazine includes accounts of a dozen paradigm shifts, great discoveries and shining […]
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Posted on March 5, 2014
Two CALS alumni among WAA Forward Under 40 honorees
The Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) has recognized seven young alumni of the University of Wisconsin-Madison for their contributions in a wide variety of fields to […]
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Posted on February 10, 2014
Communicating science in the digital age
Two months after retiring from the Madison-based Wisconsin State Journal, where for 34 years he’d reported primarily on science and the environment, Ron Seely splays […]
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Posted on January 10, 2014
Skop elected to board of Society for Advancement of Hispanics/Chicanos and Native Americans in Science
Ahna Skop, associate professor of genetics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been elected to the board of the Society for Advancement of Hispanics/Chicanos and […]
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Posted on January 6, 2014
The human microbiome: Scientists work to understand the potential that microbes may hold for human health
By Erik Ness Jim Steele used to be one of the skeptics. He’d be at a conference, listening to early research on the health benefits […]
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Posted on December 9, 2013
CALS researchers developing novel treatment for septic shock
By the time doctors diagnose septic shock, patients often are on a knife’s edge. At that point, for every hour that treatment is delayed, a […]
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Posted on November 25, 2013
UW-Madison senior wins Rhodes Scholarship
University of Wisconsin-Madison senior Drew Birrenkott of McFarland, Wis. has been awarded a 2014 Rhodes Scholarship. He joins an elite group of students that have […]
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Model virus structure shows why there’s no cure for common cold
In a pair of landmark studies that exploit the genetic sequencing of the “missing link” cold virus, rhinovirus C, scientists at UW-Madison have constructed a […]