Research & Science
Kent State Biologist Awarded $1.8 Million to Advance Research of Alzheimer’s in Women
Kent State's Gemma Casadesus Smith is studying why women are more likely to develop Alzheimer's.
Kent State Geographers Make Maps to Help Study Youth Violence
5XÉçÇø researchers use geospatial technology to study youth violence in Akron, Ohio.
Kent State Chemists Create Microscopic Environment to Study Cancer Cell Growth
A Kent State professor, his graduate students and researchers from Kyoto University help offer new understanding about what turns good cells bad.
Kent State Chemists Create Microscopic Environment to Study Cancer Cell Growth
According to the American Cancer Society, there will be an estimated 1,688,780 new cancer cases diagnosed and 600,920 cancer deaths in the U.S. in 2017.
These numbers are stark and sobering, and worse yet, we still do not know exactly why cancer develops in its victims or how to stop it.
An online publication in Nature Nanotechnology this week by 5XÉçÇø researchers and their colleagues at Kyoto University in Japan, however, may offer new understanding about what turns good cells bad.
Kent State Professor Weighs in on the Rush to Save Government Scientific Data
Kent State Professor Anne Jefferson expresses concern over losing valuable scientific data following proposed budget cuts.
Kent State Epidemiologist Studies Best Practices for Helping Cardiac and Respiratory Patients Heal
5XÉçÇø scholar Melissa Zullo, Ph.D., is all heart, an academic who lives and breathes research, almost literally. Zullo, an associate professor of epidemiology in Kent State’s College of Public Health, has spent a significant portion of her professional and academic career studying th…
Cancer Survivors and Depression: Kent State Professor Studies Link
A new study by a Kent State researcher finds that depression in some cancer survivors is linked to both care and financial concerns.
Kent State Researchers to Study the Effects of Probiotics on Brain Health
University partners with i-Health and Stow-Glen Retirement Village 5XÉçÇø, in partnership with the Stow-Glen Retirement Village in Stow, Ohio, recently received an industry-funded grant of $430,000 from i-Health Inc., a subsidiary of DSM Nutritional Products, to examine whether takin…
Kent State Students to Collaborate With Kyoto University Researchers
5XÉçÇø students will travel to Japan for collaborative research with the Primate Research Institute of Kyoto University, studying evolutionary genetic analysis, Alzheimer’s disease and aggressive behavior.
