When Angelica Grizzle started college, her idea of research was scientists in lab coats looking into microscopes. When she found out that there were opportunities for undergraduate students to work with young kids on school readiness research, she jumped at the opportunity. Grizzle says the research seed was planted during her first year at Oregon [...]
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November 21, 2011
Contraceptive vaccine under study for elephants and horses
For Ursula Bechert, reducing conflicts between wild animals and people comes down to good birth control.
The first lesson the elephants taught Ursula Bechert was that they had a sense of humor.
November 16, 2011
Chasing the canine connection
When Cristina Eisenberg first heard a wolf howl, she felt comforted and curious.
[Editor's note: Ingrid Ockert is senior pursuing a liberal arts degree with a focus in the history of science ] When Cristina Eisenberg and her family moved to Montana in 1994, they received a warm welcome from their neighbors. On the first night in their new log cabin, they were greeted by the sonorous howls [...]
November 16, 2011
Natural compounds, chemotherapeutic drugs, may become partners in cancer therapy
Chlorophyllin shows promise in killing colon cancer cells.
Research in the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University suggests that some natural food compounds, which previously have been studied for their ability to prevent cancer, may be able to play a more significant role in treating it – working side-by-side with the conventional drugs that are now used in chemotherapy. A study published [...]
