Thursday, May 9, 2013

FOR KIDS: Inspired medical research

Teens make real advances in biomedical science

By Stephen Ornes

Web edition: May 8, 2013

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Learning from cells

Bright spots highlight a protein that a teen found is elevated in the blood of people with a rare disease called pulmonary hypertension.

Credit: Jack Takahashi

In recent years, about one-third of all Intel STS finalists performed research in areas related to medicine. Here, we profile seven of this year?s competitors. All of them are making important strides to improve health. Many focused on cancer. Others focused on teeth, nerve problems and even heart disease.

Visit the new Science News for Kids website and read the full story: Inspired medical research.

Source: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/350265/title/FOR_KIDS_Inspired_medical_research

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