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  2. Year: 2018
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Month: October 2018

20 Years of Human Embryonic Stem Cells

Posted on October 31, 2018

For October 31, 2018         Hi WN@TL Fans, I was cued up last week to cite my two favorite trees, the key ones in the Garden of Eden—The Tree of Life and the Tree of …

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Mexican Corn Hosts Nitrogen-fixing Bacteria

Posted on October 23, 2018

For October 24, 2018     Hi WN@TL Fans, Corn is astonishing, corn is astounding, corn is amazing. Corn has separate flowers, male and female, with the golden tassel on top and the silky ear …

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The Old Wisconsin Idea & The New UW Cooperative Extension

Posted on October 17, 2018

For October 17, 2018         Hi WN@TL Fans, I first heard of ‘The Wisconsin Idea’ from Prof Jim Holler, my mycology teacher at UW-Platteville, in a conversation with him in Room 303 Boebel Hall …

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The Flu–It’s Not Just About Pandemics

Posted on October 11, 2018

For October 10, 2018         To paraphrase Ted Sorensen:   Ask not what the flu can do to you, Ask what you can do to fight the flu.   Actually, it’s a good idea …

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100+ years of influenza research at the University of Wisconsin AND Epigenetics and Gene Regulation (Double Header)

Posted on October 3, 2018

For October 3, 2018 I can’t remember when I first heard that along with the Great War which killed some 20 million people came a Great Plague—the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919—that killed an estimated 50 million.  The pandemic was …

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