A fruit called the noni, now hyped for a vast array of unproven health benefits, is at the heart of a new research study.
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UW Shelter Medicine, veterinary diagnostic lab find canine influenza transmitted among cats
Just one cat tested positive in the U.S. last year, but it now appears the virus can replicate and spread from cat to cat.
Remembering late UW-Madison Zoology Professor Jack P. Hailman
Hailman was a professor emeritus of zoology and well-known experimentalist and animal behaviorist. His UW-Madison career spanned 30 years.
Single brain cells reveal genes controlling formation, development
The exploratory analysis may open a new window on understanding complex disorders like autism.
Wisconsin researchers transform common cell to master heart cell
If replicated in human cells, the feat could one day fuel drug discovery, powerful new models for heart disease and the raw material for treating diseased hearts.
UW–Madison researchers begin work on Zika virus
Very little is known about the virus even though more than 50 years have passed since it was discovered in the Zika Forest in Uganda.
Researchers home in on why female newborns are better protected from brain injury
A protein found in the brains of mice is present at higher levels in females, which offers them stronger protection against one type of injury.
Pluripotent stem cells offer blood ready for preclinical trials
When the body has a low blood cell count, it can have trouble fighting off infection. But transfusible blood products may be in the not-so-distant future.
Study illuminates war between the sexes: fruit fly edition
New research from the Laboratory of Genetics pinpoints the effect on reproduction of a female’s ability to masquerade as a male.
Lung cell found to act as sensor, regulator of immune response
The cells are implicated in a wide range of human lung diseases, including asthma, pulmonary hypertension, cystic fibrosis and sudden infant death syndrome, among others.