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Mar 30, 2014
Stigmas, once evolutionarily sound, are now bad health strategies
Stigmatization may have once served to protect early humans from infectious diseases, but that strategy may do more harm than good for modern humans, according to Penn State researchers including Rachel Smith and David Hughes.
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Mar 30, 2014
Cereal flake size influences calorie intake
People eat more breakfast cereal, by weight, when flake size is reduced, according to Penn State researchers including Barbara Rolls, who showed that when flakes are reduced by crushing, people pour a smaller volume of cereal into their bowls, but still take a greater amount by weight and calories.
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Mar 30, 2014
Model predicts blood glucose levels 30 minutes later
A mathematical model created by Penn State researchers including Peter Molenaar can predict with more than 90 percent accuracy the blood glucose levels of individuals with type 1 diabetes up to 30 minutes in advance of imminent changes in their levels plenty of time to take preventative action.
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Mar 25, 2014
Research reveals true value of cover crops to farmers, environment
Planting cover crops in rotation between cash crops widely agreed to be ecologically beneficial is even more valuable than previously thought, according to a team of Penn State agronomists, entomologists, agroecologists, horticulturists and biogeochemists that includes Huck Institutes affiliate Jason Kaye.
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Mar 25, 2014
3-D model links facial features and DNA
DNA can already tell us the sex and ancestry of unknown individuals, but now an international team of researchers that includes Huck Institutes affiliate Mark Shriver is beginning to connect genetics with facial features, degrees of femininity and racial admixture.
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Mar 06, 2014
Health researchers build bridges with Penn State's new visualization wall
A new suite of tools in the Millennium Science Complex is helping scientists experience data like never before.
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Mar 02, 2014
3-D imaging sheds light on Apert Syndrome development
Three-dimensional imaging of two different mouse models of Apert Syndrome shows that cranial deformation begins before birth and continues, worsening with time according to a team of researchers, including Huck Institutes affiliate Joan Richtsmeier, who studied mice to better understand and treat the disorder in humans.
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Feb 23, 2014
A key regulatory protein is discovered to be essential for malaria parasite transmission to mosquitos
Two teams one of them led by Huck Institutes researcher Manuel Llinas have independently discovered that a single regulatory protein acts as the master genetic switch that triggers the development of male and female sexual forms (termed gametocytes) of the malaria parasite, solving a long-standing mystery in parasite biology with important implications for human health.
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Feb 23, 2014
Drought, fires impact ability of Amazon to hold carbon dioxide
Fires in the Amazon could jeopardize the forest's ability to soak up carbon dioxide emissions even as deforestation there slows down, according to Huck Institutes scientist Jennifer Balch.
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Feb 20, 2014
Cancer treatment, artery repair are goals of $3 million in NIH grants
The National Institutes of Health have awarded grants totaling $3 million for two nanoparticle research projects in which Huck Institutes bioengineer Jian Yang is co-principal investigator.
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