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Medical marijuana industry takes first steps on Long Island

Medical marijuana industry takes first steps on Long Island

Anisah Abdullah and Jakub Lewkowicz April 19, 2016
Medical marijuana dispensaries on Long Island set up shop early this year in light of the 2014 Compassionate Care Act.
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Under the Microscope: Researchers identify link between oxidation and aging

Under the Microscope: Researchers identify link between oxidation and aging

Ruchi Shah February 18, 2016
A research team at Stony Brook University identified that many proteins associated with aging are damaged and destabilized by a process called oxidation.
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A tall classic chai tea latte. Stony Brooks newest Starbucks location opened in the basement of the library on Jan. 23.TAYLOR HA/STATESMAN FILE

The Science of College: How coffee affects the body

Andrew Goldstein February 17, 2016
If human brains were a high school movie, caffeine would be the bad boy who easily asks the receptor on a date while adenosine is still building up his confidence.
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Song Wu, above, is a professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics. He was a part of a research team that studied extrinsic risk factors that can lead to cancers. ARACELY JIMENEZ / THE STATESMAN

Under the Microscope: Environment, behavior cause majority of cancers

Kenneth Wengler January 31, 2016
To determine if the majority of cancer is caused by “bad luck” or by external factors, Song Wu and his team developed four distinct methods to analyze and assess cancer risk.
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Big effort from Warney leads mens basketball past Princeton, 91-77

Big effort from Warney leads men’s basketball past Princeton, 91-77

David Vertsberger December 7, 2015
Just six games into the new season, Stony Brook Men's Basketball has separated itself from last year's team with a 91-77 win over Princeton on Saturday.
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From left to right, Mana Chandhok, a PhD student; Ivan Chavez, a Master’s student; Wan Zhang, laboratory technician and seated is David Q. Matus, PhD in his Stony Brook laboratory. In this lab researchers study cells and cancer processes. PHOTO CREDIT: STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY

Under the Microscope: study opens doors for cancer treatment

Kenneth Wengler December 3, 2015
Assistant professor David Q. Matus studies the process of cell invasion and its misregulation in diseases such as cancer metastasis.
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Marijuana vs. alcohol: Which is the lesser evil?

Marijuana vs. alcohol: Which is the lesser evil?

Pete Galigher December 1, 2015
With U.S. college students smoking more marijuana than at any time in the past 35 years and imbibing on the decline, this debate is very important to the health conversation.
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World Health Organizations condemnation of bacon is misleading

World Health Organization’s condemnation of bacon is misleading

Jonathon Kline November 5, 2015
This sort of misinformation is one that can prove to be extremely detrimental to the livelihoods of people everywhere.
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Sophomore Sam Brewster, a native of Texas and a forward on Stony Brooks ice hockey team, sat down for an interview with The Statesman. Photo by Adrian Szkolar.

Hockey sweeps Rhode Island, honors former captain Sam Brewster

Skyler Gilbert October 4, 2015
For the packed rink in attendance, the players’ helmet ribbons and bright orange laces illuminated an even bigger battle: former captain Sam Brewster’s battle with leukemia.
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Three Stony Brook guests give testimonies to the horror of nuclear weapons

Taylor Ha May 10, 2015
Two survivors of the 1945 Hiroshima bombing and a disarmament activist shared their first-hand experiences with nuclear weapons and a desire for nuclear abolition.
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Under the microsope: parallel pathways between embryo and cancer development

Ruchi Shah September 4, 2014
The development of cancer and the development of an embryo seem to be two different processes, but researchers at Stony Brook University have found parallels between the pathways involved in both.
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Camp Kesem of Stony Brook

Basil John August 16, 2014
Basil John takes us to Camp Candlewood, Connecticut, where the Stony Brook chapter of Camp Kesem brings kids to make memories.
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