Category: Health and Wellness
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Posted on October 27, 2011
Microscope will give UW researchers powerful view of molecular structures
A successful campus-wide partnership will bring to the University of Wisconsin–Madison a powerful new electron microscope equipped to produce high-resolution, three-dimensional images of a wide […]
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Posted on October 25, 2011
Global Health Institute awards seed grants, celebrates merger
Eight research projects ranging from human and animal disease to agriculture to economic growth will move forward with start-up funding as part of the University […]
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Posted on October 7, 2011
Medical foods for PKU diet enter phase II clinical trials
Mealtimes aren’t quite as enjoyable for people with phenylketonuria (PKU) as they are for the rest of us. Those with this genetic disorder have to […]
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Posted on October 6, 2011
Decade of effort yields diabetes susceptibility gene
Ten years of meticulous mouse breeding, screening and record-keeping have finally paid off for Alan Attie and his lab members. The University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers’ […]
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CALS geneticist Michael Sussman receives named professorship
CALS geneticist Michael Sussman is among eleven distinguished UW faculty members who recently received named professorships, some of the highest honors for established faculty. Michael […]
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Posted on September 20, 2011
Innovation award goes to UW-Madison biochemist
Douglas Weibel, an assistant professor of biochemistry and biomedical engineering, has received the prestigious National Institutes of Health Director’s New Innovator Award. Weibel studies how […]
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Mouse genome sequences reveal variability, complex evolutionary history
The genome of even a single organism is packed with information. A new paper, building on recent advances in sequencing capability, now reports the complete […]
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Posted on August 1, 2011
Award allows UW biochemist to investigate mitochondria mystery
Every student of basic biology learns that mitochondria are the powerhouses of the cell – little factories turning oxygen and food into energy. But when […]