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Oct 30, 2012
Interaction of genes and environment influences obesity in children
Kathleen Keller and colleagues at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine find that while neither genes nor the environment alone can predict obesity in children, a strong relationship emerges when these factors are considered together.
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Oct 30, 2012
Students get unique environmental research experience in Spain
Over the past two years, Margot and Jason Kaye have coordinated trips to Madrid, Spain, for students in the College of Agricultural Sciences to conduct research in global climate change ecology.
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Oct 30, 2012
Individual gene differences can be tested in zebrafish
Keith Cheng and his lab are using the zebrafish to test a class of unique individual genetic differences in humans, in order to better understand the biological results of those differences.
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Oct 29, 2012
NSF grant seeks to replicate human pattern recognition in computers
Yanxi Liu and Rick Gilmore will collaborate with Stanford's Anthony Norcia to bridge the gap between how humans and computers perceive and process visual patterns.
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Oct 22, 2012
Lisa Gatzke-Kopp is featured in a new Research Unplugged video
This excerpt from the October 11 session of Research Unplugged features a discussion of the role of dopamine in behavioral patterns of children with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
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Oct 16, 2012
Penn State Profiles is launched at University Park
Software tool for research networking and expertise mining shows traditional directory information and illustrates how researchers are connected to one another in the broader community.
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Oct 15, 2012
Textbook for Domestic Animal Reproductive Genomics
Center member Troy Ott co-edited "Reproductive Genomics in Domestic Animals," a thorough examination of genomics in the livestock industry, encompassing genome sciences, genome biotechnology, and reproduction.
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Oct 15, 2012
Introducing Jian Yang
There is a new researcher in the Millennium Science Complex developing vascular grafts to treat atherosclerosis, bio-glue to aid wound closure without stitches, a biopolymer to induce bone regeneration, an injectible hydrogel to aid in cancer treatment, and biodegradable photoluminescent nanomaterials for use in therapeutic nanomedicine.
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Oct 07, 2012
Public health messages can influence infectious disease stigmas
Crafting public health messages about a disease may create stigmas that influence how likely people are to endorse certain interventions " such as isolating infected persons, forcing treatment on them, and mapping their location " according to researcher Rachel Smith.
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Sep 25, 2012
New method of resurfacing bone improves odds of successful grafts
Coating a bone graft with an inorganic compound found in bones and teeth may significantly increase the likelihood of a successful implant, according to researchers including Henry Donahue at Penn State's College of Medicine.
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