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Friedrich, Dr. Klaus

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Title of Research Project: Development of platinum drugs for cancer research Research Description: Cisplatin is one of the most widely used drugs for the treatment of cancer in humans. While treatment outcomes are often satisfactory, the drug is associated with a wide variety of side effects that can drastically reduce the quality of life. In Read More …

BUILD Scholars share research experience

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Three ReBUILDetroit scholars from the University of Detroit Mercy (UDM) share their research experience with ReBUILDetroit scholars at Marygrove College. Elizabeth Moak, Danielle Maxwell and Royce Swasey present their work on discovering and characterizing a novel bacteriophage from local soil to Dr. Abigail Fusaro’s Biology Research Coordination Network (RCN) course at Marygrove College. The invited Read More …

Students Identify and Name Bacteriophage

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Freshman in their first college semester have successfully identified and uniquely named the bacteriophage (viruses that infect bacteria) they discovered. Identified and named SEA PHAGE The Biology class is part of SEA-PHAGES project which provides students a unique mentored research experience in their freshman year. “This is a great experience for freshman,” says Dr. Stephanie Read More …