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Resist the resistance: Fighting the good fight against bacteria

Penn State researcher Scott Medina, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, has developed a peptide, or small protein, that can target a specific pathogen without damaging the good bacteria that bolsters the immune system.

January 6, 2021

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Faculty explores Slender Man and supernatural belief in the digital age

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Wildlife presentations bring the outdoors in for New York elementary schoolers

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Inexpensive battery charges rapidly for electric vehicles, reduces range anxiety

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Synthesis of potent antibiotic follows unusual chemical pathway

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Registration open for seminar about informed consent in human subjects research

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Increased blood flow during sleep tied to critical brain function

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Penn State researchers co-author book teaching 'Skills to Obstruct Pandemics'

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A Symbiotic Short: How Much Do We Know About the Origins of SARS-CoV-2?

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What if opting out of data collection were easy?

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Nursing faculty and team identify time-efficient, delirium-screening protocol

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Report calls for multipronged action to mitigate small aircraft lead emissions

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Scholar alumna exploring moral cognition in children and adults

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Engineer awarded NSF grant to investigate acoustic graphene properties

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