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Mar 12, 2018
Extracellular vesicles could be personalized drug delivery vehicles
Creating enough nanovesicles to inexpensively serve as a drug delivery system may be as simple as putting the cells through a sieve, according to an international team of researchers who used mouse autologous — their own — immune cells to create large amounts of fillable nanovesicles to deliver drugs to tumors in mice.
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Feb 11, 2018
Unique cohort will support student exploration of agricultural microbiomes
Faculty in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences are spearheading an initiative that will provide selected doctoral students with the opportunity for extensive study in the emerging field of agricultural microbiome research.
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Feb 06, 2018
Researcher to study the effect of exercise on breast cancer metastases
Connie Rogers, associate professor of nutrition and physiology in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at Penn State, has been awarded a scientific research grant by the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR).
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Jan 29, 2018
Pa. deer, like mammals worldwide, move less in human-modified landscapes
In the big woods of Pennsylvania's Northern Tier, the home range of the average white-tailed deer is more than twice as large as that of a deer in urban or agricultural areas of the state.
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Jan 25, 2018
Land-grant ag research and education highlighted during visit by USDA SecretaryLand-grant ag research and education highlighted during visit by USDA Secretary
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue paid a visit to Penn State's University Park campus today (Jan. 24) as part of a tour through Pennsylvania to unveil the Department of Agriculture's legislative principles as Congress prepares to enact a new five-year farm bill.
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Jan 22, 2018
3-D printing improves cell adhesion and strength of PDMS polymer
Combining two different polymer forms can switch manufacturing of silicone parts from molding, casting and spin coating of simple forms to 3-D printing of complex geometries with better mechanical characteristics and better biological adhesion, according to a team of Penn State researchers.
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Jan 14, 2018
Have RNA, will travel
Malaria parasite packs genetic material in preparation for trip from mosquitoes to humans
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Jan 14, 2018
Researchers map druggable genomic targets in evolving malaria parasite
Research collaboration use whole genome analyses and chemogenetics to identify new drug targets and resistance genes in 262 parasite cell lines of Plasmodium falciparum — the protozoan pathogen that causes malaria — that are resistant to 37 diverse antimalarial compounds.
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Jan 09, 2018
New research agenda for malaria elimination and eradication
Two Penn State researchers have participated in the formulation of a new updated research agenda for global malaria elimination and eradication.
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Jan 03, 2018
Agricultural parasite takes control of host plant's genes
Dodder, a parasitic plant that causes major damage to crops in the U.S. and worldwide every year, can silence the expression of genes in the host plants from which it obtains water and nutrients.
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