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(05/04/17 3:44pm)
In a 2017 study, researchers at the Cancer Prevention Institute of California (CPIC) concluded that Asian Americans exhibit higher rates of breast cancer than other minorities. The study was conducted among women from seven different Asian-American ethnic groups in California from 1988 to 2013.
(03/30/17 2:51pm)
For anyone who doesn’t feel like hitting the gym or working out the traditional way, whole-body vibration (WBV) may be an effective alternative.
(03/09/17 2:45pm)
Using a revolutionary genome editing tool titled CRISPR-Cas9 in mice, scientists at the Institute for Basic Science’s Center for Genome Engineering have developed a less invasive treatment for preventing blindness.
(02/16/17 2:15pm)
Returning to Brody Atrium after a restful winter break, you might have noticed the absence of the BALAUR Wall. In its place lies a mysterious wooden box with intricate designs carved into its sides. As you approach the box you see that it appears to control the screen in front of it, which displays some video game-like sequence.
(02/02/17 2:53pm)
Trekking across campus to the Bloomberg Department of Physics or the Recreation Center, it is impossible to miss the iconic four-story-high Undergraduate Teaching Laboratories (UTL) building. Though you may have noticed its glazed-glass exterior and cells of students and staff alike conducting experiments, the UTL stands out this year for a different reason: its platinum certification from the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program.
(12/08/16 3:46pm)
In a recent study published in the journal Molecular Cell, scientists discovered that DNA may make up only about half of the material found in chromosomes. In fact, up to 47 percent of a chromosome’s makeup may consist of a sheath, or a protective structure, surrounding DNA.
(12/01/16 3:17pm)
Scientists at the Imperial College London and DNA Electronics, a U.K. biotech firm, have developed a new device that could change the way doctors and patients monitor HIV levels in the bloodstream.
(11/10/16 2:42pm)
Studying mitochondrial DNA may be the key to unlocking autism spectrum disorder (ASD) risk. New research suggests that mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) may correlate with neurodevelopmental disorders like ASD.
(11/03/16 2:47pm)
“The impossibility of today is tomorrow’s possibility,” Moran Cerf, a professor from Northwestern University (NU), announced during his keynote presentation at the Oct. 25 Nu Rho Psi Undergraduate Research Symposium.
(11/03/16 2:38pm)
At the Undergraduate Research Symposium, The News-Letter had the opportunity to interview Sam Allen, a junior Neuroscience major, who works in the Lieber Institute for Brain Development.
(10/27/16 2:45pm)
In a retrospective study of medical records, researchers from Stanford University and the University of Pennsylvania concluded that lowering testosterone levels in men with prostate cancer could be associated with an increased risk of developing dementia. These findings, if confirmed by future clinical trials, could alter the way doctors treat prostate cancer in the near future.
(10/13/16 3:33pm)
In a study published in the journal Nature Communications, researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center found that ethanol followed the same biochemical pathway as rapidly effective antidepressants. Consequently, patients with major depressive disorder who ingested ethanol felt non-depressant effects that lasted at least 24 hours. This study supports the high comorbidity between alcoholism and depression and supports the notion of self-medication, although researchers emphasized that alcohol is not a treatment for depression.
(10/06/16 3:49pm)
Temporary tattoos might someday become the primary form of treatment for chronic diseases such as multiple sclerosis. Nanoparticles called PEG-HCCs (polyethylene glycol combined with hydrophilic carbon clusters) were created in the lab of James Tour, a chemist at Rice University. They help inhibit T lymphocyte cells that sometimes mistakenly attack innocuous cells in the body.
(09/29/16 4:05pm)
Maximilian Riesenhuber, a professor of Neuroscience at the Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C., spoke about hierarchical processing involved in object recognition and deep learning in the brain as well as their implications for Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology on Sept. 25 in Krieger Hall.