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Aug 13, 2018
Young Children's Oral Bacteria May Predict Obesity
The composition of oral microbiota -- the collection of microorganisms, including beneficial bacteria, residing in the mouth -- in two-year-old children may predict their weight gain, according to a new study of over 226 children and their mothers.
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Aug 10, 2018
New technology improves CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing in mosquitoes, other species
Using a newly developed method to deliver gene-editing material to the ovary of an adult mosquito, researchers disabled a gene that caused its offspring on the right to be born with white, rather than dark, eyes.
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Aug 06, 2018
Don't avoid the outdoors, avoid tick bites
Penn State researchers' study of tick-borne disease dynamics could thwart future outbreaks
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Jul 17, 2018
Your brain with a migraine
When migraine sufferers see the tell-tale squiggly lines, light flashes and blind spots of a migraine aura, they prepare for a migraine. When researchers see the brain image of an aura, they try to figure out what causes it and if there is a way to stop the start of the migraine. Now an international team of researchers has identified the electrical activity specific to the start of migraines and demonstrated a way to stop it in animal experiments.
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Jul 12, 2018
Penn State's Plant Biology Symposium: Wild and Tamed Phytobiomes; a wild and untamed success
The 21st Biennial Penn State Plant Biology Symposium was a four-day event that attracted top scientists from around the world to weave a narrative about the complex and expanding field of phytobiomes
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Jul 05, 2018
Gut microbes may partner with a protein to help regulate vitamin D
Microbes in the gut may use a protein in a process that helps the body regulate vitamin D production.
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Jul 03, 2018
Buried Treasure
A newly discovered reef offers important lessons in resilience
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Jun 26, 2018
An invisible world: Explore the life of 'Zombie Ants' at the Arts Festival
When Daryl Branford one of the minds behind the groundbreaking multimedia installation The Zombie Ant Experience first came to Penn State in the 90s, it was the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts that convinced him Penn State was the place for him.
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Jun 25, 2018
Peter Hudson recognized as 'Humanitarian of the Year' by Kish Bank
In recognition of his efforts to advancing public health to alleviate human suffering around the world, Peter Hudson, the Willaman Professor of Biology and director of the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, was recognized by Kish Bank with its Humanitarian of the Year Award on June 21.
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Jun 25, 2018
Scientists find evidence of 27 new viruses in bees
Study represents largest effort to date to identify novel pathogens in global bee populations
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