MSU Receives NIH Grant to Study Dementia Risks
MSU researchers have been awarded a $4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. They will study the potential relationship between vitamin D deficiency, gut microbial imbalance and inflammation as contributors to Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia, or ADRD.
New Research Model Involving E2F5 Gene Helping Better Understand Breast Cancer
A Michigan State University researcher’s new model for studying breast cancer could help scientists better understand why and where cancer metastasizes.
Computational Models of Human Memory Show Significance of Mental Timeline
Dr. Karl Healey, Director of the Computational Basis of Cognitive Control (CBCC) lab in Michigan State University’s Department of Psychology is researching human episodic memory and how people form memories of the different events or episodes that happen to them.
Researchers, Pet Industry Collaborate to Keep Amphibians Free of Disease
MSU conservation biologist Alexa Warwick and a multi-institution team of researchers are collaborating with the pet industry and other stakeholders to identify strategies to mitigate the risk of spillover of pathogens to wild populations.
Fishing for Biochemistry’s ‘Dark Matter’
To some, it’s “dark matter.” For others, terra incognita: unexplored land. These are just some of the phrases biochemists use when describing the metabolome, the set of all small molecules, or metabolites, in a biological sample.
Chromium-62 Research Helps US Better Understand Shapes Around Islands of Inversion
In a recent paper in Nature Physics, an international research collaboration used world-class instrumentation at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams to study the exotic nuclide, or rare isotope, chromium-62.
Examining the Power of Play for Children Showing Early Signs of Autism
As part of a multisite study, Clinical Science Professor Brooke Ingersoll and a team of researchers representing three other states are examining the effectiveness of training early intervention providers in a method called “reciprocal imitation teaching,” or RIT.
Developing an Ultrastable Catalyst to Improve Fuel Cells
Research at Michigan State University and Princeton University developed a highly stable electrocatalyst for fuel cells that are used in sustainable energy applications, such as electric vehicles.
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