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Erin Saito

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Discovering the Impact of Polydrug Use on Addiction

By Travis Davies
August 30, 2024
Research from Dr. Jeffrey Edwards' Lab at BYU reveals that co-using morphine, an opioid, and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the psychoactive ingredient of marijuana, may expedite the development of addiction.
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Finding New Ways to Use the Immune System to Fight Cancer

By Erin Saito
February 16, 2024
PhD student Kiara Whitley overcame substantial health-related obstacles to successfully publish cancer research identifying a new potential immunotherapy target.
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Transforming Crime Investigation

By Erin Saito
July 26, 2023
BYU's women-led research team innovates a kit to distinguish menstrual from circulatory blood in crimes against women, in the hopes of helping domestic violence survivors seek justice.
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The Contagion of Fear

By Erin Saito
July 26, 2023
The global prevalence of anxiety has increased in recent years, especially in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Fish may help us understand human anxiety, social connection, and how to move forward.
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A Simple Solution for a Complex Problem: New Tools May Lead to Earlier Alzheimer's Diagnoses

By Erin Saito
April 04, 2023
Chad Pollard (’22), cell biology PhD student and BYU’s 2022 Student Innovator of the Year, is on a mission to revolutionize Alzheimer’s disease diagnostics.
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What's in a Name?

By Erin Saito
July 21, 2022
PDBio Evolves Into Cell Biology and Physiology
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From Partnership to Patented Research: Undergraduate Student Innovates Gene-Editing Tools

By Erin Saito
July 21, 2022
It’s not every day that an undergraduate student approaches you with an innovative idea that significantly impacts the field and leads to developing a patented product, a startup company, and published research,” says Jonathon Hill, an associate professor of cell biology at BYU. “[But] I actually think the mentorship aspect is the best story here.”
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Taking the Abstract out of Addiction

By Erin Saito
July 21, 2022
Calvin Smith (‘22), a recently graduated neuroscience student, witnessed first-hand as the negative effects of drug addiction adversely altered the personalities and mental health of childhood friends. Motivated to explore the brain-altering implications of drug use, Smith joined the Edwards neuroplasticity lab to better understand what was happening.
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The Search for Sperm: Fighting Male Infertility in the Jenkins Men's Reproductive Health Lab

By Erin Saito
May 23, 2022
Emerging research from the Jenkins lab takes steps forward in developing tools to help those struggling with infertility.
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