Discovery could advance use of single-celled organism in research on cancers related to errors in cellular gene expression. Professor Stephen Bell is lead author on the study, published in Cell.
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Through genetic changes, the weakened polio vaccine virus can reacquire the ability to cause paralytic polio. Professor Emerita Pat Foster discusses why a new vaccine deliberately constructed to prevent the poliovirus from regaining virulence may be the answer.
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IU Biology alumnus H. Michael Shepard has won the Lasker Award for his role in developing the anti-cancer drug Herceptin.
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Two NSF grants to Associate Professor Andy Zelhof will support the use of arthropods to advance research on basic biological mechanisms, including vision.
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Professor Armin Moczek and colleagues will study how organisms play an active role in directing their own development and evolution. Moczek's lab will contribute to the study by using beetles in the genus Onthophagus.
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Associate Professor Irene Newton will investigate how Wolbachia colonizes insects to prevent the spread of diseases such as West Nile virus and Zika.
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