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Sep 07, 2022
New approach more than doubles stem cell editing efficiency, researchers report
A Penn State-led team of interdisciplinary researchers has developed techniques to improve the efficiency of CRISPR-Cas9, the genome editing technique that earned the Nobel Prize in 2020.
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Sep 02, 2022
Metabolomics Core Facility continues to expand while pushing scientific bounds
Established nearly a decade ago, Penn State’s Metabolomics Core Facility is housed in the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences on the University Park campus.
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Sep 01, 2022
Boy’s discovery reveals highly complex plant-insect interaction
When 8-year-old Hugo Deans discovered a handful of BB-sized objects lying near an ant nest beneath a log in his backyard, he thought they were a type of seed
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Aug 31, 2022
Penn State team awarded $2.3M to assess disease vulnerability, improve response
An interdisciplinary team from Penn State has been awarded $2.3M from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation’s joint Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease (EEID) program to evaluate the vulnerability of certain populations to disease outbreaks, with the goal of improving outbreak response and preventing future outbreaks.
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Aug 31, 2022
Cancer, environment event to take place on Sept. 29
The Penn State Cancer Institute and the Institutes of Energy and the Environment (IEE) announced a Cancer and the Environment Symposium from 1–5 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 29 in the Energy and the Environment Laboratory
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Aug 31, 2022
Boal recieves Early Career Award from Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry
Amie Boal, professor of chemistry and of biochemistry and molecular biology, has been named a recipient of the 2022 Early Career Award from the International Society for Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SBIC), an organization dedicated to advancing research and promoting understanding of biological inorganic chemistry within academia, industry, and the general public
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Aug 29, 2022
Partner-drug resistance accelerates resistance of first-line malaria drug
A new research collaboration between Penn State, Oxford, and Imperial College London demonstrates that resistance to partner drugs facilitates resistance evolution to artemisinin, the world’s most important first-line drug for the treatment of malaria.
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Aug 29, 2022
Study suggests one-third of wild bee species in Pa. have declined in abundance
Over a six-year period in southcentral Pennsylvania, measures of biodiversity among wild bee communities declined and one-third of species experienced decreases in abundance, according to a Penn State-led team of researchers.
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Aug 25, 2022
Penn State awarded $1.6M to study if COVID-19 contributes to cognitive decline
As populations around the globe age, dementia — often caused by Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders — is a growing health issue for older adults worldwide.
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Aug 24, 2022
New granular hydrogel bioink could expand possibilities for tissue bioprinting
Every day in the United States, 17 people die waiting for an organ transplant, and every nine minutes, another person is added to the transplant waiting list, according to the Health Resources and Services Administration.
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