Stories indexed under: Biosciences

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• Researchers find reduction in asthma attacks tied to seasonal allergies March 16, 2011
• Aging rates, mortality gender gap similar across primates, study finds March 10, 2011 Humans aren't the only ones who grow old gracefully, says a new study of primate aging patterns.
• Ecological adaptation likely to influence impacts of climate change March 1, 2011 Animals' capacity to adapt is a factor in how they are likely to respond to changing climate conditions.
• Forums to focus on ethics of animal research Feb. 11, 2011 Three forums on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus will highlight the ethics of animal research, Eric Sandgren, an associate professor of pathobiological sciences, announced today.
• Leafcutter ant genome reveals secrets of fungus farming ways Feb. 10, 2011 Leafcutter ants, signature denizens of New World tropical forests, are unique in their ability to harvest fresh leaves to cultivate a nutrient-rich fungus as food.
• Program merges dual interests in science and policy Feb. 8, 2011 Melding of mind and policy matters is all in a day's work for the graduate students in the Neuroscience and Public Policy program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• Research shows how enzyme relevant to cancer forms and works Feb. 4, 2011
• Stan Temple: A life saving threatened species Jan. 27, 2011 As a UW-Madison wildlife professor, Stan Temple is heir to the outsized legacy of Aldo Leopold and, until his retirement, held the chair occupied by Leopold and his intrepid successor, Joe Hickey, the wildlife biologist whose work helped put the nails in the coffin of the insecticide DDT.
• Seminar series focuses on careers in health care and life sciences Jan. 24, 2011
• Stress, anxiety both boon and bane to brain Jan. 18, 2011 A cold dose of fear lends an edge to the here-and-now - say, when things go bump in the night.
• Girl Scouts to extract strawberry DNA at UW-Madison workshops Jan. 5, 2011 To: Media representatives
• Slide show: Entering a state of discovery Dec. 2, 2010
• Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery facility opens on UW-Madison campus Dec. 2, 2010 Twin research institutes and a space designed for all to engage in science opened Thursday on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
• Scientists ferret out a key pathway for aging Nov. 18, 2010 A team of scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and their colleagues describe a molecular pathway that is a key determinant of the aging process.
• UW-Madison researchers win White House science awards Nov. 15, 2010 Two University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers are among the country's most promising young researchers, according to the White House.
• Embryonic stem cell culturing grows from art to science Nov. 14, 2010 Growing human embryonic stem cells in the lab is no small feat. Culturing the finicky, shape-shifting cells is labor intensive and, in some ways, more art than exact science.
• Long-term lake study suggests ecological mechanism may control destructive crayfish Nov. 4, 2010 Just a few years ago, scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's research station in Boulder Junction, Wis., were growing sick of a crustacean delicacy - the rusty crayfish. Roughly 90,000 of the animals had been caught during an intensive trapping program at the nearby Sparkling Lake.
• UW-Madison students make “genetic machines” for international competition Nov. 2, 2010 As yogurt and other products are marketed as a method for improving health, young biologists at University of Wisconsin-Madison are trying to do something similar by engineering delivery of biological molecules to the intestine.
• Online map allows visitors, naturalists to share Arboretum experience Nov. 1, 2010 If the UW Arboretum were just a pretty place to take a walk, its new Interactive Map wouldn't need much more than crisscrossing trails, grey blobs for parking lots and symbols marking the restrooms.
• Chemists concoct new agents to easily study critical cell proteins Nov. 1, 2010 They are the portals to the cell, gateways through which critical signals and chemicals are exchanged between living cells and their environments.