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A multidisciplinary team found that a drug used to treat cholesterol could help neutralize off-target antibiotics and help prevent the development of antibiotic resistance. Credit: wildpixel/iStock. All Rights Reserved.

FDA-approved cholesterol medicine may help prevent antibiotic resistance

Antimicrobial resistance, including bacteria that have evolved to defy antibiotics, is one of the top 10 global public health threats humanity faces, according to the World Health Organization.

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Gioia Massa, a NASA scientist, is poses inside a lab with plants.

Penn State alum presents her NASA space garden research to current students

Scientist Gioia Massa conducts space plant biology research at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, growing edible vegetables on the International Space Station. Massa, who earned her Ph.D. at Penn State, presented a talk about her extraordinary career.

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A scanning electron microscopy image shows a breast cancer cell (cyan) being attacked by T cells (red), which were engineered to recognize the cancer cells. Credit: Madhuri Dey, courtesy of the Ozbolat Lab/Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

Researchers 3D bioprint breast cancer tumors, treat them in groundbreaking study

Researchers at Penn State have successfully 3D bioprinted breast cancer tumors and treated them in a breakthrough study to better understand the disease that is one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide.

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Jan 30, 2023

Honey bee colony loss in the U.S. linked to mites, extreme weather, pesticides

About one-third of the food eaten by Americans comes from crops pollinated by honey bees, yet the insect is dying off at alarming rates.

Sycamore Creek in Arizona is one of the most extensively studied desert streams in the world. It drains a mountainous watershed of 164 square miles flowing through the Sonoran Desert. Prone to flash floods, most precipitation occurs during the winter (December to March) or monsoon (July to September) seasons. Credit: Brian Gill, University of Arizona. All Rights Reserved.

Jan 30, 2023

Aquatic organisms respond to flooding and drought disturbance in different ways

Populations of various species of aquatic insects and other invertebrates respond to flooding and waterway drying due to drought in different ways that can be anticipated, according to a new Penn State-led study that employed a novel method to assess the stability of stream ecosystems.

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Jan 26, 2023

Education project aims to improve overdose-death reporting

Accurate reporting on causes of death has direct impacts on mortality data, policy making, and setting priorities in public health.

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Jan 30, 2023

Honey bee colony loss in the U.S. linked to mites, extreme weather, pesticides

About one-third of the food eaten by Americans comes from crops pollinated by honey bees, yet the insect is dying off at alarming rates.

Jan 30, 2023

Aquatic organisms respond to flooding and drought disturbance in different ways

Jan 26, 2023

Education project aims to improve overdose-death reporting

Accurate reporting on causes of death has direct impacts on mortality data, policy making, and setting priorities in public health.

Penn State College of Medicine researchers helped identify eight medications that may be repurposed to help people quit smoking. A team of more than 70 researchers contributed to the analysis of genetic and smoking behavior data from more than 1.3 million people. Credit: Ella Maru Studio for Penn State College of Medicine. All Rights Reserved.

Jan 26, 2023

Machine learning identifies drugs that could potentially help smokers quit

Medications like dextromethorphan, used to treat coughs caused by cold and flu, could potentially be repurposed to help people quit smoking cigarettes, according to a study by Penn State College of Medicine and University of Minnesota researchers.