SBU’s James Konopka studies Candida albicans
This is the second in a two-part series that began last week on two scientists at Stony Brook Medical School who are working to...
The impact of exercise on weight loss and maintenance
When we make our New Year’s resolutions to exercise regularly, the goal for many is to change body composition, to lose weight or at...
SBU’s Maurizio Del Poeta conducts fungal research
One of them brews beer, while the other makes his own pizza. While it sounds like a great mealtime combination, what Maurizio Del Poeta...
How to help prevent the flu this winter
If you have been on a distant planet, you may not know that we are in the middle of the flu season. The rest...
SBU’s Clinton Rubin shakes up the immune system
One way to shake up an immune system may be, in fact, to shake up the immune system.
Clinton Rubin, the chairman of the Department...
Iron deficiency: it’s not what you think
This week, I thought it would appropriate to talk about the significance of low iron, since I wrote about iron overload last week. The...
BNL’s Milind Diwan a part of a major collaboration
If two armies of twins fought against each other with identical protective gear and equally fatal weapons, the result would likely be fatal for...
The dangers of excess iron in the body
Iron is contained in most of the foods that we eat. It is needed for proper functioning of the body and plays an integral...
Horsin’ around: Piecing together history of Terryville race track
It’s been some 130 years, but the half-mile loop the horses raced is still visible, though it’s coated in layers of leaves.
The path in...
CSH’s Z. Josh Huang studies ‘chandelier’ cells
Someone whose opinion he trusted told him he was going in the wrong direction. Every indication for years suggested success was as elusive four...
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