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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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Jan 03, 2018
Two surgical approaches equal in treating infection-caused hydrocephalus
Implanting a shunt or endoscopically reducing intracranial pressure and reducing fluid production are equally effective in treating infants with hydrocephalus caused by brain infections, according to an international team of researchers, but endoscopy may have fewer down-the-line complications.
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Dec 11, 2017
Turning pathogens against each other to prevent drug resistance
New research demonstrates that harnessing competition among pathogens inside a patient could extend the life of existing drugs where resistance is already present and prevent resistance to new drugs from emerging.
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Nov 16, 2017
Eric Barron's talk to trustees he talked specifically about building biomedical sciences and used the Huck as an example
"He noted Huck Institutes of Life Sciences as the model for the collaboration he wants to build. That pours $15 million a year into research and people studying various areas like infectious disease and neural engineering. It brings together seven colleges, 31 departments, 476 educators and 316 graduate students with groundbreaking equipment in 10 different facilities."
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Nov 13, 2017
Survival of the least-fit: antiviral drug selectively targets nastiest viruses
An antiviral drug that inhibits a virus' replication machinery selectively targets the most aggressive viruses, according to new research that looked at the infection of individual cells by a virus and the consequence of antiviral intervention.
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Nov 12, 2017
Zombie ant' brains left intact by fungal parasite
A fungal parasite that infects ants and manipulates their behavior to benefit the fungus' reproduction accomplishes this feat without infecting the ants' brains.
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Nov 05, 2017
Cryo-electron microscope to bring life sciences and materials sciences together
A new cryo-electron microscope, cryo-EM, that is also a spectrometer will bring life science methods together with materials science practices together to improve both fields and share methods across disciplines.
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Nov 01, 2017
New Huck Program Dedicated to Cancer Bology
Adam Glick, professor of veterinary science, spearheads the development of the new Cancer Biology Program.
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Oct 22, 2017
Big Data and Fake News: Training Computers to Detect Misinformation
Can big data and machine learning prevent the spread of misinformation? Join Dongwon Lee and Shyam Sundar on November 2nd as they discuss a research project to understand how fake news spreads and to create methods for detecting it.
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Oct 11, 2017
A safe optical fiber for delivering light and drugs into the body
A flexible, biodegradable optical fiber that can deliver light into the body for medical applications.
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