Chronic wasting disease, a degenerative brain disorder of deer and elk, has been found in animals in Colorado and Wyoming. While uncommon, the disease has made a lot of hunters, wildlife managers and health officials nervous. CWD is a spongiform encephalopathy, belonging to the same family of disorders as “mad cow disease” and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a fatal brain-destroying disease of humans.

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison report in current issue of the Journal of Nutrition that small concentrations of two compounds from plants we eat suppress the growth of three kinds of human cancer cells in the laboratory.

Treated lumber is often used for outdoor projects – from raised garden beds, to decks and children’s play structures. But treated lumber is slow to decay because it is treated with chemicals some people fear could contaminate soil and jeopardize our health.

Such a label would scare off many consumers, but cider makers in Wisconsin and around the nation are now required to use such a warning unless their product has been treated in a way that destroys 99.999 percent of salmonella, cryptosporidium, e-coli and other bacteria that can cause illness.

A recently published study shows that fresh pork has enhanced its reputation as the

The College of Agricultural and Life Sciences will formally christen the new $35.6 million Biochemistry Building on Oct. 15-16 with a dedication ceremony, open house and science symposium.

A discovery by University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists may improve the health and speed the recovery of patients who can’t digest and absorb food normally

At the Gamma Sigma Delta banquet April 23, the following people received awards for excellence in teaching, research, advising and extension/outreach:

Recent outbreaks in western Wisconsin and Georgia have added more lines to the rap sheet of E. coli O157:H7. The Wisconsin case was traced to contaminated cheese curds. In the Georgia outbreak, a child with diarrhea apparently tainted the kiddie pool at a water park, and children got sick after swallowing pool water.

Scientists have established a unique population of pigs that can help heart disease research. A recent study, published in the American Journal of Medical Genetics, strengthens the claim that these particular swine are an exceptional animal model of human coronary artery disease.