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Experimental Biology – Sunday
Posted by Dr. Dolittle on April 22, 2013
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The Comparative and Evolutionary Physiology section held their Scholander Poster competition for young comparative physiologists today! It was exciting to see all of the students present their work. Here are some of the highlights: Raffaele Pilla, Dominic P, D’Agostino, Carol S. Landon, and Jay B. Dean from Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.…
Link between environmental contaminants and Multiple Symptom Atrophy (aka: Atypical Parkinson’s)
Posted by Dr. Dolittle on June 20, 2012 Dr. Charles Ide from Western Michigan University has become a leader in the fight against Multiple symptom atrophy, or MSA, all because of frogs. His research on how contaminants in the Kalamazoo River impacts the health of frogs lead to the discovery that frogs injected with PCBs developed Parkinson’s disease like symptoms. Dr. Ide describes MSA (aka:…