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Jul 04, 2024
Re-engineering cancerous tumors to self-destruct and kill drug-resistant cells
A team led by Penn State researchers has created a modular genetic circuit that turns cancer cells into a “Trojan horse,” causing them to self-destruct and kill nearby drug-resistant cancer cells. Tested in human cell lines and in mice as proof of concept, the circuit outsmarted a wide range of resistance.
![The Pollinator and Bird Garden at the Arboretum at Penn State combines multiple goals: supporting pollinator diversity, creating beauty, and serving institutional goals of research, teaching and learning. Its more than three acres include a bird blind and a honey bee observation hive. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons](https://www.huck.psu.edu/assets/uploads/news/_600x600_crop_center-center_80_none/pbg_2mb.jpg)
Jul 03, 2024
Arboretum at Penn State's Pollinator and Bird Garden wins international award
The Arboretum at Penn State has been recognized with an international award for sustainable landscape architecture for its Pollinator and Bird Garden.
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Jul 02, 2024
Potential new target for early treatment of Alzheimer's disease
A class of proteins that regulates cell repair and enhances cell growth-signaling systems could be a promising new target for the treatment of Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases, according to a new study led by researchers at Penn State.
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Jul 04, 2024
Re-engineering cancerous tumors to self-destruct and kill drug-resistant cells
A team led by Penn State researchers has created a modular genetic circuit that turns cancer cells into a “Trojan horse,” causing them to self-destruct and kill nearby drug-resistant cancer cells. Tested in human cell lines and in mice as proof of concept, the circuit outsmarted a wide range of resistance.
![The Pollinator and Bird Garden at the Arboretum at Penn State combines multiple goals: supporting pollinator diversity, creating beauty, and serving institutional goals of research, teaching and learning. Its more than three acres include a bird blind and a honey bee observation hive. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons](https://www.huck.psu.edu/assets/uploads/news/_600x600_crop_center-center_80_none/pbg_2mb.jpg)
Jul 03, 2024
Arboretum at Penn State's Pollinator and Bird Garden wins international award
The Arboretum at Penn State has been recognized with an international award for sustainable landscape architecture for its Pollinator and Bird Garden.
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Jul 02, 2024
Potential new target for early treatment of Alzheimer's disease
A class of proteins that regulates cell repair and enhances cell growth-signaling systems could be a promising new target for the treatment of Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases, according to a new study led by researchers at Penn State.
![The figure addresses the AI grand challenge of accelerating science requires concerted advances across all areas of AI. CENSAI brings together interdisciplinary teams of scientists with expertise in AI and in specific scientific domains to accelerate science through advances in AI. Credit: Lori Settlemyer and Vasant Honavar. All Rights Reserved.](https://www.huck.psu.edu/assets/uploads/news/_600x600_crop_center-center_80_none/aims-fig1.jpg)
Jun 27, 2024
ICDS associate director's work driven by unanswered fundamental questions in AI
The work of Vasant Honavar, the Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Chair in biomedical data sciences and artificial intelligence (AI) and a professor of data science in the College of Information Sciences and Technology professor of data science, is driven by answering fundamental questions using machine learning.