Congratulations to Federico Rey (bacteriology) who is part of a research team that recently received a new grant from the Fondation Leducq. The project, “Gut Microbiome as a Target for the Treatment of Cardiometabolic Diseases, ” is …
Apr/May 2018
The Human Microbiome and the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study
The microbiome is now considered to be as important to human health as the genome. For social and population health scientists, research on the human microbiome may help identify biological mediators that link social conditions …
The Social Genome of Friends
Are friends more genetically similar to one another than to randomly selected peers? Humans tend to form social relationships with others who resemble them, and recent research has evaluated the possibility that unobserved genotypes may …
Emerging Policy and Ethical Implications from Neuroscience, Genetics, and the Microbiome
On April 12, the La Follette School of Public Affairs hosted the 2018 Spring Symposium. Co-sponsored by CDHA, the Center for Demography and Ecology, and the Institute for Research on Poverty, the event examined the …
New Paper Explores the Effects of Gene Variants on Cognitive Function
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia, accounting for 60 to 80 percent of cases, and is the only one of the top 10 causes of death in the US with no …