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April 26, 2019

How would you survive on Mars?

The Resilient ExtraTerrestrial Habitats Institute (RETH) is working to ensure that the first long-term settlement on other planetary bodies are safe from hazards such as a meteoroid colliding with the moon or violent sandstorms on Mars.

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April 26, 2019

‘Lock-‘n’-block’ drug may prevent cancer from metastasizing

A new approach to breast cancer may prevent cancer from reappearing years later. A research team led by scientists at Purdue University have identified a drug the doesn’t kill the metastatic cancer cells, but instead keeps them in a non-threatening early developmental state in a technique the researchers call “lock-‘n’-block.”

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April 16, 2019

Mild equine asthma can distinguish winners from losers on the racetrack

A study led by Professor Laurent Couëtil found that 80 percent of thoroughbred racehorses surveyed had mild or moderate asthma. Couëtil, who is also a professor of large animal internal medicine in Purdue’s College of Veterinary Medicine, has spent much of his career treating and researching equine respiratory disease.

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April 12, 2019

‘Transformative’ microscope to be installed at Purdue

Six major life science entities – Purdue University, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indiana University Bloomington, the University of Illinois-Champaign, Eli Lilly and Company, and the Indiana Biosciences Research Institute – have pooled their resources together to purchase the latest version of the nearly $9 million machine.

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