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Nick GarrettHello again from Baylor University! Week six in the REU program has been a real test. This week, I faced some more frustrating lab results and have had to put my best problem-solving skills to work. Outside the lab, I have enjoyed the Baylor student...
Toni BakerThe current recommended minimum daily dose of vitamin D is not sufficient to restore healthy vitamin D levels in overweight or obese blacks, researchers report. Rather, daily intake of more than three times the recommended minimum is needed to...
In an apparent effort to help themselves, inflamed kidney cells produce one of the same inflammation-suppressing enzymes fetuses use to survive, researchers report. Inflammation is a major culprit in most kidney disease – from rare conditions, such...
StaffAt the Annual Meeting of the American Urologic Association, an analysis by the GRU Urology team was chosen for highlighting by CancerTherapyAdvisor.com. This study showed that non-married patients with lower socioeconomic status were more likely to...
Scientists have found an explanation for the century-old observation that if you end up with just one kidney, the lone organ gets bigger. When a single kidney is removed because of injury or for transplantation, the remaining kidney can rapidly get...
Body builders have it right: vitamin E does help build strong muscles, and scientists appear to have figured out one important way it does it. Vitamin E has long known as a powerful antioxidant, and now scientists have shown that without it, the...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – An enzyme that converts testosterone to estrogen appears to have significant impact in a healthy and injured brain, scientists report. There’s mounting evidence that in the healthy brain, aromatase and the estrogen it enables...
Sharron WallsThe College of Allied Health Sciences’ Dean’s Research Seminar Series is pleased to present Dr. William Stead, Associate Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs and Chief Strategy Officer at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Thursday, Feb...