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Under the microscope: Stony Brook professor finds mechanism that affects cancerous tumor formations

Ruchi Shah April 7, 2014
Dr. Sumita Bhaduri-McIntosh, an assistant professor in the Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at Stony Brook University School of Medicine, has uncovered a previously unidentified mechanism through which a prominent protein in cells, STAT3, affects cancerous tumor formation.
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Under the microscope: Roundup and fertilizer kill worms

Ruchi Shah March 4, 2014
A recent study led by Dr. Sharon Pochron, a lecturer in the Sustainability Studies program at Stony Brook University, sheds light on the short and long-term effects of using the RoundUp insecticide and fertilizers.
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Under the microscope: SBU professors analyze link between amino acid and Alzheimer’s disease

Ruchi Shah February 4, 2014
Amyloid β is known to play a role in Alzheimer’s disease, but recent findings by Dr. William Van Nostrand, professor of neurosurgery, and Dr. John Robinson, professor of psychology at Stony Brook University, and their teams defined a model of the link between the location of Amyloid β deposits and cognitive decline.
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Table salt challenges textbooks

Ruchi Shah January 28, 2014
A team of researchers at Stony Brook University, led by professor of theoretical crystallography Dr. Artem Oganov, found compelling evidence that redefines fundamental rules of chemistry.
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Under the microscope: Neutrinos in the South Pole

Ruchi Shah December 1, 2013
Scientists from Stony Brook University that are part of the international team at the IceCube South Pole Neutrino Observatory were first to detect particles called neutrinos that originated from astrophysical sources.
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Under the microscope: Developing an effective treatment for cancer

Ruchi Shah November 14, 2013
A research scientist in Stony Brook’s Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology by the name of Dr. Nobuhide Ueki is pioneering a technique to directly address the limitations of cancer treatment. He was further motivated to pursue this field of study after losing both of his grandparents to cancer. His lab is focused on creating a drug delivery system that will selectively target cancer cells, leaving normal cells healthy.
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Under the microscope: sleep patterns and social disparities

Ruchi Shah October 31, 2013
It is well known that regularly sleeping for the recommended seven to nine hours greatly enhances physical health, quality of life, psychological well-being, cognitive function and public safety, as study upon study shows.
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Under the microscope: researching the science of successful people

Ruchi Shah October 20, 2013
Successful people tend to gain further successes, though many wonder if these successes are a result of merit or other social factors. Dr. Arnout van de Rijt, associate professor of sociology at Stony Brook University, is elucidating the social influences in success through his experiments.
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Under the microscope: The effect of loneliness on physical and mental health

Ruchi Shah October 3, 2013
For decades, scientists and psychologists hinted at the link between mental health and physical health. While Stony Brook University Associate Professor of Integrative Neuroscience Dr. Turhan Canli explained the anecdotal evidence of centenarians being more social than their counterparts, his work focuses primarily on molecular characteristics of individuals with certain personality traits and the correlation of those characteristics with physical health.
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Under the microscope: Memory’s effect on crime investigations

Ruchi Shah September 20, 2013
Franklin and collaborators recently published a paper highlighting the factors that play a role in identification and memory of criminal events. Even under ideal conditions, they found that people correctly identify unfamiliar faces only about half of the time.
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Doctor freezing nerves to ease pain

Ruchi Shah April 29, 2013

The pain resulting from neuralgia is often debilitating, but Dr. William Moore, a thoracic interventional radiologist at Stony Brook University School of Medicine, is implementing a new way to freeze...

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Doctor uses innovative liver cancer treatment

Ruchi Shah March 11, 2013

Dr. Carl Tack is revolutionizing treatment of cancerous tumors in the liver as one of the only radiologists in the nation to use an innovative new procedure. The liver is prone to tumors that originate...

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