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Research Spotlight

Why You Laugh When It’s Not Even Funny

Research shows laughter may be more of a social tool than a sign of enjoyment in conversations with strangers.
January 8, 2023
Victoria Turner
Graduate Division
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Only A Mother's Immunity

October 5, 2017
Breanna Allen
Scientists are making discoveries that give hope to global improvements in healthy pregnancies. The immune system is naturally primed to...
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Fighting the Common Cold in Space

September 15, 2017
Breanna Allen
For years we have known that spaceflight causes immune dysfunction, weakening the human body’s ability to fight off even the...
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App-Controlled Designer Cells Treat Diabetes

May 8, 2017
Lindsey Jones
Electronic monitoring and storing of health data is all of the rage right now. Many of us track the number...
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TZAPping Telomeres Shorter

February 19, 2017
Lindsey Jones
Our DNA fits into our cells by tightly coiling into structures called chromosomes. During cell division, the machinery that is...
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Using the Body to Fight Cancer

January 23, 2017
Breanna Allen
In the fight against cancer, harnessing the natural defense mechanisms within the human body is gaining promise. Termed cancer immunotherapy...
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Diet Against Disease

January 16, 2017
Breanna Allen
“Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are,” Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, 1826.What you consume not...
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Increasing Brain Tumor Survival

December 19, 2016
Lindsey Jones
Nearly 73,000 adults will be diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2016, and for more than one third, their tumor...
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Solving the Mystery of Genomic 'Dark Matter'

November 6, 2016
Lindsey Jones
In human cells, three billion base pairs arrange themselves into sequences of As, Ts, Gs, and Cs to form genes...
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End of Zika in Sight?

October 24, 2016
Lindsey Jones
With the successful creation of DNA vaccines that elicited immune protection from Zika infection, hope is on the rise in...
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