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Ultrathin films deliver DNA as possible gene therapy tool

March 26, 2007

Gene therapy - the idea of using genetic instructions rather than drugs to treat disease - has tickled scientists' imaginations for decades, but is not yet a viable therapeutic method. One sizeable hurdle is getting the right genes into the right place at the right time.

UW-Madison approves new research institute

March 21, 2007

The University of Wisconsin–Madison recently approved a new research entity, the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR).

Study: Prions likely more mobile in alkaline soils

March 19, 2007

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.

Breaching a gateway to the cell, drug discovery

March 13, 2007

With support from the Discovery Seed Grant Program, Wisconsin scientists are poised to bring a novel approach to finding new medicines by deploying the atomic force microscope — the foremost tool of the nanotechnologist — to screen agents as they dock with critical cell receptors.

UW-Madison stellerator a step forward in plasma research

March 9, 2007

A project by University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers has come one step closer to making fusion energy possible.

Mercury contamination of fish warrants worldwide public warning

March 8, 2007

The health risks posed by mercury-contaminated fish is sufficient to warrant issuing a worldwide general warning to the public-especially children and women of childbearing age-to be careful about how much and which fish they eat.

Applications for beginning dairy, livestock farmers school due April 1

March 8, 2007

Prospective dairy and livestock farmers have until April 1 to apply for admission to the Wisconsin School for Beginning Dairy and Livestock Farmers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Media effects on public attitudes toward nanotechnology

March 7, 2007

As the emerging field of nanotechnology enters the public consciousness, mass media play an important role in shaping public attitudes about the new science. But newspapers, the Internet and television do so in significantly different ways, says Dietram Scheufele, a professor of life sciences communication at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

UW researcher and spinoff company to receive MIT technology awards

March 6, 2007

The MIT Club of Wisconsin, a state association for alumni of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is recognizing a University of Wisconsin–Madison influenza researcher and a bioscience spinoff company on Friday at its annual Technology Achievement Awards banquet.

Gene sequencing advance bolsters biofuels potential

March 6, 2007

A collaborative research project between the U.S. Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) and the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute has advanced the quest for efficient conversion of plant biomass to fuels and chemicals.

CALS to celebrate National Landmark Status of old dairy barn

March 5, 2007

The public is invited to a program on March 28, 2007 at 7:15 p.m. to celebrate the designation of the UW–Madison’s 109-year-old dairy barn as a National Historic Landmark.

UW-Madison engineer to head DOE fusion energy office

March 1, 2007

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has named a University of Wisconsin–Madison engineering professor to lead its Office of Fusion Energy Science, located within the DOE Office of Science.