Category: Health and Wellness
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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 […]
- Posted on October 15, 2013
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From football to flies: lessons about traumatic brain injury
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 […]
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Posted on October 10, 2013
Looking before you leap, failing fast, and the path to commercialization of technology
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 […]