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Penn StateOften seen as waste, stool may yield clues to microbiome’s role in cancer treatment
Mayo ClinicAt Mayo Clinic’s Center for Individualized Medicine, scientists are investigating stool samples to uncover new insights into cancer treatment. Often seen as waste, stool may provide valuable information about the microbiome — a complex ecosystem of microorganisms, including bacteria, fungi and viruses in the gut.
Bio-concrete from urine
Universitaet StuttgartReviving Hilsa in Bangladesh’s three billion dollar fishery
WorldFishPitch perfect protection
University of Tennessee at KnoxvilleMapping the deep
University of New Hampshire- Funder
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University team to compete in Monaco Energy Boat Challenge for first time
Heriot-Watt UniversityA group of engineering students from Heriot-Watt University are ready to put their studies to the ultimate test when they compete against teams from 21 countries at the prestigious Monaco Energy Boat Challenge in July – the most advanced university competition on water.
Politicians need to project sincerity. A Texas A&M study suggests that one common strategy works – and another does not
Texas A&M UniversityResearch suggests voters respond better to moral arguments than practical ones. Candidates who framed arguments in terms of right and wrong were judged more sincere, and thus trustworthy. Even moderation – often derided in today’s political climate – appeared to work if paired with a right-wrong argument.
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In first-of-its-kind surgery, rare spinal tumor removed through patient’s eye socket at University of Maryland Medical Center
University of Maryland School of MedicineIn a first-of-its-kind surgery, a team led by a University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) neurosurgeon has successfully removed a rare cancerous tumor wrapped around the spine and spinal cord of a 19-year-old woman – through her eye socket (orbit). Although surgeons use a “transorbital” approach to access tumors in the brain and sinuses, this is the first time it has ever been used to remove a spinal tumor. In this case, the young woman had a slow-growing developmental bone tumor called a chordoma in her spine. Only about 300 chordomas are diagnosed in the United States every year.