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June 26, 2008

• Ancient Oak Trees Help Reduce Global Warming, MU Study Finds

June 16, 2008

• Complex Changes in the Brain's Vascular System Occur after Menopause

May 29, 2008

• Certain Form of Tomatoes Could be Key to Prostate Cancer Prevention

May 14, 2008

• MU Receives $1.84 Million to Attract Minority Students in Biomedical Research

May 8, 2008

• Bread Mold May Hold Secret to Eliminating Disease-Causing Genes

April 29, 2008

• Too Much Technology May Be Killing Beneficial Bacteria

April 23, 2008

• Gift Creates Opportunities for Science Journalism Students, Honors Former MU Professor

April 17, 2008

• MU Researchers find Clue to Cataract Formation

April 1, 2008

• MU Researcher Links Hormone Replacement Therapy to Breast Cancer

March 31, 2008

• Researcher Discovers Pathway Plants Use to Fight Back Against Pathogens

March 25, 2008

• A Fly's Tiny Brain May Hold Huge Human Benefits

March 20, 2008

• MU Researcher Discovers How to Ignite, Retain Female Interest in the Study of Science

March 18, 2008

• Killer Stairs? Taking the Elevator Could be Worse for Your Body

March 13, 2008

• Ultra-fast, Ultra-intense Laser Has Clean-Cut Advantage

March 11, 2008

• Female Katydids Prefer Mates 'Cool' in Winter and 'Hot' in Summer

March 10, 2008

• Amphibians Respond Behaviorally to Impact of Clear Cutting

March 6, 2008

• Mizzou, Iowa Researchers Take First Step to Create Cystic Fibrosis Model using Pigs

Feb. 28, 2008

• Breakthroughs in Nanotechnology on Edge of 'Knowledge Frontier'

Feb. 21, 2008

• Salamanders, Headwater Streams Critical in Food Chain

Feb. 18, 2008

• Minimally Invasive Surgery Holds More Promise than Old Procedure, MU Surgeon Finds

Dec. 19, 2007

• What's the Rush? Taking Time to Acknowledge Loss is not that Bad

Dec. 13, 2007

• New Study Suggests Why Vaccines Directed Against Cancer, HIV Don't Work

Dec. 6, 2007

• Study of African Traditional Medicine will Begin World-First Clinical Trial

Nov. 15, 2007

• MU Study Finds That Sitting May Increase Risk of Disease

Nov. 14, 2007

• MU Experts Offer Food Safety Tips for the Holiday Season

Nov. 5, 2007

• MU Research Team Makes Progress Toward 'Printing' Organs

Oct. 31, 2007

• MU Researchers go Nano, Natural and Green

• Gene, Stem Cell Therapy Only Needs to be 50 Percent Effective to Create a Healthy Heart, MU Researchers Find

Oct. 15, 2007

• Study Shows Some Athletic Men May Risk Low Bone Density

Oct. 2, 2007

• FDA Approves Knee-Injury Device for Humans

Sept. 25, 2007

• MU Celebrates 'Joy of Discovery'

Sept. 7, 2007

• MU Researchers to Collaborate on $20 Million Project Aimed at Cancer Survivors Fertility

Sept. 6, 2007

• Saturday Morning Science Features MU Life Sciences Director

Aug. 15, 2007

• MU Partnership Opens New Facility to House Cyclotron

July 23, 2007

• MU Researcher Finds Flexibility in Nerve Cell Construction

July 18, 2007

• MU Researchers to Study Minichromosomes in Maize with $1.9 Million Grant

June 29, 2007

• St. Louis Teachers Attend Genetics Workshop at MU

June 21, 2007

• MU Maps Course for Improving Pre-College Science Education

June 13, 2007

• MU Researchers to Study the Status of Black Bears in Missouri

June 4, 2007

• MU Researchers Find Mechanisms that May Unlock Answers to Alzheimer's Disease

May 14, 2007

• Researchers Attach Genes to Minichromosomes in Maize

April 30, 2007

• MU Researchers Find Statin Drugs Also May Help Reduce Risk of Heart Failure, Sudden Cardiac Death

April 24, 2007

• Researchers Find Ways to Reduce Side Effects in the Treatment of Damaging Protein Plaques

• Discovery of New Family of Pseudo-Metallic Chemicals Changes How Scientists Fight Disease, Create Electronic Materials

March 19, 2007

• Researchers Examine Protein Vital to Reproduction Process, Regulation May Increase Chances of Pregnancy

Feb. 26, 2007

• Common Ingredient in Big Macs and Sodas Can Stabilize Gold Nanoparticles for Medical Use, Researchers Find