Studies have shown how learning in infancy between the ages of six to nine months lays a foundation for learning later in childhood. Now UMass Amherst developmental psychologist Lisa Scott and... More
When UMass food scientist Yeonhwa Park began studying conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) nearly 25 years ago, very little was known about the compound. Park’s fundamental research has been critical to... More
Traditional genomic, proteomic and other screening methods currently used to characterize drug mechanisms are time-consuming and require special equipment, but now researchers led by chemist Vincent... More
Imagine a time when women at a higher risk for breast cancer are quickly identified and treated preventatively. Consider the impact on disease sufferers if clinicians had a way to stop the cancer’s... More
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The image above depicts an electron micrograph of Ebola virus particles (red) budding from a chronically-infected cell (blue). UMass Amherst public health biostatistician...
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