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Study Shows 'A Word's Worth More Than a Thousand Pictures'

By | February 9, 2016

It's known that "a picture's worth a thousand words." But a new study begs to differ when it comes to young children and their influence on adults. But what's more important? How they look or what they say?

·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Harbor Branch Partners with Renowned Aquafeed Company

By | February 9, 2016

·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Harbor Branch recently entered into a partnership with Zeigler Bros., Inc. to collaborate on the development of high quality and more sustainable shrimp feeds.

NIH Awards $2.8 Million to ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Researchers and Collaborators

By | February 4, 2016

Researchers will work to define the mechanisms governing how cells decide whether to become a mature cell or whether to die. Their work will shed light on how to make transplantable tissues to cure diseases.

·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Harbor Branch to Host Public Forum on Lagoon Health

By | February 3, 2016

The theme of the public outreach day of the 2016 Indian River Lagoon Symposium is "Engaging the Public: It's Our Lagoon!"

FAU's Harbor Branch to Help Relieve Poverty and Hunger

By | January 27, 2016

The saying, "Give a Man a Fish and You Feed Him for a Day. Teach a Man to Fish and You Feed Him for a Lifetime," aptly describes the partnership between FAU's Harbor Branch and Aquaculture without Frontiers.

·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Receives NIH Grant to Develop Esophageal Cancer Stent

By | January 19, 2016

A bioengineer at ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥will develop a novel biodegradable polymer stent that will be designed to prevent complications while at the same time serving as a drug delivery system for esophageal cancer therapy.

Study Shows Benefits of Regular Mammograms Extend to Elderly

By | January 6, 2016

A new study shows that black and white women ages 75 to 84 years who had an annual mammogram had lower 10-year breast cancer mortality than corresponding women who had biennial or no/irregular mammograms.

Harbor Branch Unveils Ocean Technology Exhibit

By | January 4, 2016

"Sight, Sound and Dynamics in the Sea: The Role of Technology in Ocean Exploration" is the first in a series of exhibits featured under HBOI's "Mission: Ocean Discovery" program.

Novel Mechanism Identified in Cells in Close Proximity

By | December 15, 2015

·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥researchers are the first to show that cells in close proximity to each other can sense when a cell is dying due to environmental stressors like UV light and smoke, and eat the cell before it becomes toxic.

·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Joins Archaeological Project in Vero Beach

By | December 15, 2015

·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥ is now partnering with the Old Vero Ice Age Sites Committee on one of the oldest and largest archaeological digs of its kind.

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