Life Sciences

New approach more than doubles stem cell editing efficiency, researchers report
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A Penn State team has developed new techniques to improve the efficiency of CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing.

Penn State microbiologist’s estate gift to establish new chair and lectureship
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Don Bryant

Don Bryant is retiring after 41 years and announcing an estate contribution establishing an endowed chair and lectureship.

Corals pass mutations acquired during their lifetimes to offspring
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Elkhorn coral
Penn State team awarded $2.3M to assess disease vulnerability, improve response
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Graduate student spotlight: Emily Gagne
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Emily Gagne
Partner-drug resistance accelerates resistance of first-line malaria drug
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Resistance to the first line drug for malaria, artemisinin, should be considered alongside resistance to other drugs.

Senior Ellie Kim earns Astronaut Scholarship
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Penn State biochemistry and molecular biology major Ellie Kim has been awarded the 2022 Astronaut Scholarship.

Penn State research team will study Lassa virus spread in Nigeria
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A Penn State team will study how the Lassa virus spilled over from rodents into humans.

Booker honored with two awards from American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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Booker
Plant molecular geneticists discover, and begin to crack, the epigenetic code
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