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Apr 14, 2015
Schreyer Scholar Evanitsky studies past with hopes of preserving the future
Research project, with George Perry, on Eastern mountain lion uses ancient DNA sample from 'Original Nittany Lion'
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Apr 08, 2015
Five Penn State professors honored with Faculty Scholar Medals
Huck-cofunded faculty researcher Song Tan is among the awardees.
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Apr 07, 2015
Disease spread through ants
David Hughes talks about studying disease spread through ants.
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Apr 06, 2015
Sound separates cancer cells from blood samples
Separating circulating cancer cells from blood cells for diagnostic, prognostic and treatment purposes may become much easier using an acoustic separation method and an inexpensive, disposable chip, according to a team of engineers.
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Mar 30, 2015
20th Plant Biology Symposium
Register for the 20th Plant Biology Symposium
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Mar 30, 2015
Crowd-funding campaign to accelerate clinical trials of brain-repair discovery
Pushing promising new brain-repair research from the Gong Chen lab into clinical trials is the goal of a quick crowd-funding campaign that kicked off March 30.
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Mar 26, 2015
Honey bees use multiple genetic pathways to fight infections
Honey bees use different sets of genes, regulated by two distinct mechanisms, to fight off viruses, bacteria and gut parasites, according to researchers at Penn State and the Georgia Institute of Technology. The findings may help scientists develop honey bee treatments that are tailored to specific types of infections.
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Mar 02, 2015
Researcher develops novel strategy to improve crops and treat diseases
A novel strategy to enhance genome editing promises to increase the efficiency of making genetic improvements in a wide range of organisms, a new study suggests.
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Feb 19, 2015
Paul Medvedev receives National Science Foundation CAREER award
NSF award will provide funding for Medvedev to develop algorithms for big genomic data
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Feb 17, 2015
Nerve-cell signaling traced back to common ancestor of humans and sea anemone
New research led by by Tim Jegla shows that a burst of evolutionary innovation in the genes responsible for electrical communication among nerve cells in our brains occurred over 600 million years ago in a common ancestor of humans and the sea anemone.
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