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Selected Works: Fighting Cancer Naturally

Senior Hope Robinson works in the lab of associate professor of biology Ritu Aneja’s lab where she is in search of natural ways to prevent and treat cancer. (Originally published on 7/5/2011)

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Selected Works: Helping patients, building careers

Members of Georgia State’s American Undergraduate Dental Association chapter, volunteered at the Ben Massell Dental Clinic this summer [2010] and helped patients with low incomes maintain their smiles. (Originally published 8/9/2010 at the Georgia State University website.)

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Researcher uses federal grant to investigate West Nile Virus

Georgia State University’s Margo Brinton, a Regents’ Professor in the Department of Biology, received a $289,000 federal stimulus grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue her research on West Nile virus, which is transmitted to humans by mosquitoes. (Georgia State University website, 2010)

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Selected Works: A shark’s-eye view

Students participated in an internship program with Georgia State and the Georgia Aquarium to observe and record the behaviors of the aquarium’s four whale sharks.

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Fresh Science

Biology professor George Pierce has developed a method using a naturally occurring microorganism to keep fruits and vegetables fresher for longer. (10/26/2009)