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Sep 19, 2013
Transplanting fat may be effective treatment for metabolic disease
Transplanting fat may treat such inherited metabolic diseases as maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) by helping the body process the essential amino acids that these patients cannot, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers including Huck Institutes affiliate Christopher Lynch.
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Sep 19, 2013
Marylyn Ritchie honored as an invited Kavli fellow for the third year in a row
Marylyn Ritchie, an associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, and the director of the Center for Systems Genomics at Penn State, has been selected as a 2013 Kavli fellow and has been invited to serve as a member of the organizing committee for the Kavli Frontiers of Science symposium. This is the third time Ritchie has received Kavli honors.
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Sep 12, 2013
Genome of elastomeric materials creates novel materials
A wide range of biologically inspired materials may now be possible by combining protein studies, materials science, and RNA sequencing, according to an international team of researchers that includes Huck Institutes affiliate Melik Demirel.
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Sep 12, 2013
Researchers discover rare fossil ape cranium in China
In an extremely rare find, researchers including Huck Institutes affiliate Nina Jablonski have discovered the juvenile cranium of a fossil ape from Shuitangba, a Miocene site in Yunnan Province, China.
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Sep 03, 2013
Microencapsulation produces uniform drug release vehicle
Consistently uniform, easily manufactured microcapsules containing a brain cancer drug may simplify treatment and provide more tightly controlled therapy, according to Penn State researchers including Huck Institutes affiliate Mohammad Abidian.
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Aug 28, 2013
Researchers track antibiotic-resistant strains of Salmonella from farm to fork
Continuing research on Salmonella may enable researchers to identify and track strains of antibiotic resistant bacteria as they evolve and spread, according to researchers including Huck Institutes affiliate Edward Dudley in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
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Aug 28, 2013
Huck Institutes graduate student studying ecological impacts of increased noise on animals
Ecology doctoral candidate Jenny Tennessen focuses her research on bioacoustics.
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Aug 27, 2013
Huck Institutes researcher elected a Fellow of the Entomological Society of America
In recognition of her outstanding contributions to the field of entomology, Consuelo De Moraes will be honored at the Society's 61st annual meeting.
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Aug 27, 2013
Huck Institutes affiliate receives Early Career Award
From the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, David Puts has received the 2013 Early Career Award for Distinguished Scientific Contribution, which "recognizes excellent young scientists who have made distinguished theoretical and/or empirical contributions to the study of evolution and human behavior."
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Aug 27, 2013
Huck Institutes affiliate receives NIH grant to study crucial genetic mechanism
With the help of an R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Scot Kimball will study the relationship between high-fat diets and impairment in the control of a crucial genetic mechanism known as alternative pre-mRNA splicing.
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