Prions, the rogue proteins that cause chronic wasting disease and similar maladies, may be more mobile in soil that is more alkaline, suggests a new study by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers.

It was Sunday morning, prime sleeping-in time, but CALS undergraduate Amy Jacobs was up at 7:30 a.m. and on her way to the kitchen to […]

A food safety hearing held at the College’s West Madison Agricultural Research Station drew national media attention as some critics lambasted new FDA voluntary guidelines for monitoring foodborne pathogens at processing plants.

So, what is the skinny on trans fats? What are they? Why is this long-time food industry staple on the blacklist now? What will New York City eateries – and the rest of us – use in their place? Are the alternatives really healthier?

Bacteria are a cunning foe; at a worrisome rate, they are developing resistance to the current arsenal of antibiotic drugs. Without new drugs, society may be approaching a world reminiscent of the pre-antibiotic era, when coming down with a bacterial infection was often a matter of life or death.

As he puzzled out why what should have been a routine procedure wouldn’t work, Marcin Filutowicz made a discovery that led to the creation of a new biological tool for destroying bacterial pathogens.

The discovery of a mutant gene in fruit flies will likely provide scientists with a useful model to study neurodegenerative diseases in humans such as […]

After conducting research at Scotland’s Roslin Institute (birthplace of Dolly the cloned sheep) and creating in-vitro models of obesity and Parkinson’s Disease for the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, Gabriela Cezar came to UW-Madison, attracted by the opportunity to use human embryonic stem cells in her research on birth defects and cancer.

Fundamental research about a key step in RNA synthesis has important implications for the study of gene expression in other organisms

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