Susan Paskewitz aims to find out how many of the mosquitoes that plague us spring through fall are of the genus that carryies the West Nile Virus

When forming attitudes about embryonic stem cell research, people are influenced by a number of things. But understanding science plays a negligible role for many people.

A crisp new edition of a classic biochemistry text is now available from booksellers in college towns and online. And that means a team of UW-Madison scientists and illustrators campus can put their feet up for a while.

The structure of the life sciences industry is changing, says G. Steven Burrill, CEO of Burrill and Company, a life sciences investment firm based in San Francisco, speaking at UW-Madison on Feb. 21

In an effort to expand dietary options for individuals with a rare genetic condition known as phenylketonuria, a team of UW-Madison scientists is assessing a unique protein found only in whey, the liquid byproduct of cheese-making, that appears to be safe for this group to eat.

When biochemist Karl Paul Link examined a sample of bad forage, he discovered what would become one of the world’s best-known blood-thinning drugs

Julie Mitchell, assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry and the Department of Mathematics, is one of several UW-Madison faculty members featured in a video […]

A new UW-Madison finding that pregnant women who take some types of vitamin supplements or eat fortified foods may be passing excess vitamin A to their developing fetuses could guide efforts to develop future formulations of vitamins.

When the University of Wisconsin football Badgers take the field this fall, they will have a secret weapon behind them: Wisconsin’s dairy cows. Sure, they might not run very well or catch a football, but cows supply one of the key ingredients in a sports recovery drink that the Badgers use to bounce back from strenuous workouts and practices.

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