Faced with news of suicides and brain damage in former professional football players, geneticist Barry Ganetzky bemoaned the lack of model systems for studying the […]

The QuickChip sounded like a killer idea: a gadget about one inch square that could, in just 15 minutes, identify bacteria, fungi, and viruses at […]

A diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) is a hard lot. Patients typically get the diagnosis around age 30 after experiencing a series of neurological problems […]

Over time, the esoteric and sometimes downright strange quests of science have proven easy targets for politicians and others looking for perceived examples of waste […]

Richard Scheller, who graduated from UW-Madison with a B.S. in biochemistry in 1974, has shared the 2013 Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research for […]

In an era of widespread genetic sequencing, the ability to edit and alter an organism’s DNA is a powerful way to explore the information within […]

After having a stroke in 2008, Jan Blume lost the ability to swallow for two full years. As she slowly regained that vital function, she […]

When Marion Greaser set out to study titin, the largest natural protein known to man, his goal was to answer some basic questions about its […]

A farmer survives two life-threatening accidents and returns to the thing he loves best: farming. He does this through will, determination, help from people close […]