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Research in the News: Prions - Puzzling Infectious Proteins (Grades 9-12)
- Prions cause diseases, but they aren't viruses or bacteria or fungi or parasites. They are simply proteins, and proteins were never thought to be infectious on their own. Organisms are infectious, proteins are not. Or, at least, they never used to be. (ARCHIVE: 1997) (Office of Science Education)
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Research in the News: Spinal Cord Injury (Grades 9-12)
- Until recently, many scientists believed that damage to nerve cells in the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord) could not be repaired. But within the past few years that attitude has begun to change; experiments with laboratory animals are revealing that some regeneration and recovery might be possible. (ARCHIVE: 1997) (Office of Science Education)
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Research in the News: Creating A Cloned Sheep Named Dolly (Grades 9-12)
- The verb "to clone" refers to the process of creating cloned cells or organisms. The process differs, depending on the kinds of cells used in the cloning procedure and the desired result. (ARCHIVE:1997) (Office of Science Education)
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Research in the News: Insights From a Broken Brain (Grades 9-12)
- Explosive powders propelled a three and a half foot long iron rod into Phineas Gage's face. It pierced his left cheek, traveled behind his eye, and flew out the top of his skull. He didn't die. In fact, almost immediately after the accident, Gage could talk and walk. (ARCHIVE: 1997) (Office of Science Education)
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Research in the News: Dyslexia Leaves Its Mark (Grades 9-12)
- For a long time people with dyslexia were called dumb or lazy. New research shows that specific brain abnormalities lie at the heart of this learning disability. (ARCHIVE: October 26, 1998) (Office of Science Education)
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Research in the News: How Do Your Blood Vessels Grow (Grades 9-12)
- The growth of blood vessels is called angiogenesis. The word comes from two Greek words, angeion, which means vessel, and genesis, which means birth. (ARCHIVE: 1997) (Office of Science Education)
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Research in the News: DNA's Role - Tales From the Crypt (Grades 9-12)
- In 1991 two Russians found what they figured might be the burial site of the massacred Russian Imperial Family. They asked scientists to examine the bones using DNA technologies. The findings were published in an article in Nature Genetics. (ARCHIVE: 1997) (Office of Science Education)
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Research in the News: Sports Injuries - In Your Face (Grades 9-12)
- 144,000 children in the United States suffer annually from head injuries in bicycle accidents, and 85% of these injuries would not have occurred had the child worn a helmet. (ARCHIVE: 1997) (Office of Science Education)
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Research in the News: Help for Cuckoo Clocks (Grades 9-12)
- The body's pacemaker in the brain helps to regulate melatonin secretion. Each day, the pacemaker must reset the body's "biological clock," because the clock does not run automatically on a 24-hour cycle, yet people's lives do. (ARCHIVE: 1995) (Office of Science Education)
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Research in the News: Thalidomide Gets A Second Chance (Grades 9-12)
- The drug thalidomide caused a tragic worldwide outbreak of birth defects in the early 1960s. Now, researchers are finding new uses for thalidomide, giving it another chance to benefit humanity. (ARCHIVE: October 23, 1998) (Office of Science Education)
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