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10.27.2020
Study reinforces drug’s potential to treat hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Research at Washington State University sheds new light on one molecule that may be used to treat a heart condition that can lead to stroke, heart attack and other forms of heart disease.
WSU Insider
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10.14.2020
Prenatal cannabis exposure linked to cognitive deficits, altered behavior
Regular cannabis exposure in rats during pregnancy may cause their offspring to have long-term cognitive deficiencies, asocial behavior, and anxiety later in adulthood.
WSU Insider
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09.21.2020
WSU research behind potential game-changing Alzheimer’s drug
Medicinal chemist Joe Harding was in his lab at Washington State University trying to isolate, purify and clone the protein receptor for the hormone angiotensin II when he noticed something unusual but interesting.
WSU Insider
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09.14.2020
Neuroscience grad student lands National Science Foundation fellowship
Julianna Brutman, a graduate student in the Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine’s Neuroscience Graduate Program, was awarded a prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation.
WSU Insider
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06.29.2020
WSU senior lands inaugural award from Phi Beta Kappa
Washington State University international student Oluwanifemi “Nife” Shola-Dare is one of 20 students to receive a new award from the nation’s oldest academic honorary, Phi Beta Kappa (PBK).
WSU Insider
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06.09.2020
Out Now
Cell biologist Beverley Rabbitts says that in the just over a year she’s been at Washington State University, “I’m 100 percent out to everybody. That’s the great thing about starting a new chapter in my life.”
WSU Insider
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06.04.2020
Seattle biotech firm scores $85 million for work on Alzheimer’s drug.
Leen Kawas was invited in 2013 to help commercialize laboratory work she’d done as a Washington State University doctoral student (IPN). The resulting startup, then known as M3 Biotechnologies, changed its name to Athira.
Seattle Times
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06.04.2020
Understanding The Connection Between Sleep & Its Effects On The Brain
Washington State University Spokane Professor, James Krueger, works with rats to study sleeping patterns. Chemical structures in the brain teach us lots about how sleep affects our daily habits.
NWPB.org
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06.04.2020
COVID-19: How Vitamin-D Could Reduce Coronavirus Deaths
Anew study, which has yet to be peer-reviewed, has suggested that vitamin D deficiencies might be one of the explanations for why coronavirus is fatal in some patients and not in others.
Heavy.com
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03.24.2020
Study indicates vaporized cannabis creates drug-seeking behavior
Rats with regular access to cannabis seek more of the substance and tend to show increased drug-seeking behavior when cannabis is absent.
WSU Insider