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University of Wyoming Researchers Engineer Silkworms to Produce Stronger Silk
Working with colleagues at the University of Notre Dame and Zhejiang University in China, UW researchers have genetically engineered silkworms ...
Montana State researcher studies the mechanisms of Aspergillus.
Dr. Robert Cramer, at Montana State University, is working with Aspergillus fumigatus, a filamentous fungus that is responsible for significant ...
Researchers share equipment, space and ideas to fight ALS
Three scientists at the University of Kansas Medical Center are combining their expertise to better understand the mechanism of Amyotrophic ...
Vermont researcher uses PSC's Blacklight as a tool for genome sequencing.
By Michael Schneider Vermont researcher uses PSC’s (Pittsburgh SuperComputing Center) Blacklight as a tool for genome sequencing. James Vincent of the ...
Arkansas CoBRE Center for Translational Neuroscience-Decreasing Infant Mortality through Telemedecine
Arkansas CoBRE Center for Translational Neurosciences is enjoying preliminary success with its Telemedicine approach to low birth weight babies. Telemedicine ...
Arkansas CoBRE-Scientists discovered a new sleep-wake mechanism
Scientists at the Center for Translational Neuroscience at UAMS have discovered an area deep in the brain that relates to ...
Study of Skates and Sharks Questions Assumptions About 'Essential' Genes
Biologists have long assumed that all animals with jaws and spinal columns possess nearly identical genes that regulate critical aspects ...
VGN's Timothy Hunter elected to ABRF
Timothy Hunter, Director, Advanced Genome Technologies Core (VGN Microarray Facility, VCC DNA Analysis Facility and Massively Parallel Sequencing) has recently ...
University of Delaware researcher uses new methods to study protein structure
Solid-state NMR spectroscopy is rapidly emerging as an integral technique of structural biology. Magic angle spinning NMR methods are becoming ...
Rhode Island researchers working to understand Preeclampsia
Preeclampsia complicates 5-8% of all pregnancies worldwide. Researchers in Rhode Island have succeeded in developing a " humanized" mouse model ...
Idaho State University Researchers study risk factors in stroke and dementia
Leakiness in the brain is an early risk factor in developing the associated dementia. Researchers at Idaho State University have ...
Postdoctoral Fellow Laure Case Publishes Immune System Research in Science
By Jennifer Nachbur Cover of the October 14, 2011 issue of Science Research coauthored by Laure Case, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in ...
Vermont scientist tracks spread of deer ticks
By Andy Bromage A Lyndon State College professor is tracking deer ticks to establish the spread of deer ticks and Lyme ...
Does exercise improve the effects of early life stress on drug reward?
Researchers at University of Nevada are working to understand the link between early life stress and drug abuse. Researchers and ...
University of North Dakota's INMED program
University of North Dakota encourages junior and senior high school students to participate in Indians into Medicine (INMED) Summer Institute. ...
Collaborations are the Key to Early Success for Maine INBRE investigator
Voot Yin, PhD, an assistant professor at the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory (MDIBL), was hired as an INBRE investigator ...
WVU scientist joins Cancer Research editorial board
By Amy Johns Steven M. Frisch, PhD., of the WVU School of Medicine has been appointed to the editorial board of ...
Growth Hormone Helps Repair the Zebrafish Ear
Repeated loud noise is known to cause damage to hair cells inside the cochlea and possible lead to deafness. In ...
Reduced Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5 Density in Major Depression Determined by Positron Emission Tomography and Postmortem Study
Major depressive disorder is a debilitating and costly medical illnesses worldwide. Current treatment options are limited due to a delayed ...
WVU researchers develop online prognostic tool for lung cancer
By Amy Johns Researchers at WVU’s Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center have developed an online tool to assist doctors treat lung ...
WVU researcher finds genetic marker for repeat lung cancer
By Kim Fetty Lung cancer recurs in almost half of early stage patients that receive surgery, usually proving fatal. The team ...
Arkansas CoBRE Center for Transaltional Research- Novel Treatment for Tinnitis
Tinnitus is a false perception of sound (ringing, buzzing or hissing) that affects 50 million adults in the US. Twelve ...
Research links carbon nanotubes to lung cancer risk
By Amy Johns Researchers at West Virginia University and the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health have linked a popular ...
Multiple Sclerosis in Only One Identical Twin: Nature vs. Nurture
Nature cover features New Mexico INBRE supported research: First integrated genome survey comparing healthy and diseased individuals. First genome sequences of females, ...
Vermont Genetics Network Advances Biomedical Research
Laughing babies, strange bacteria from the bottom of asbestos mines, and schizophrenic rats could be found in the DoubleTree Hotel ...
COBRE Funded Research in Nature Study
By Joshua E. Brown, University of Vermont Each year, more than five million Americans suffer with post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. Following ...
