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Veterinary regenerative center formed
January 26, 2011 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Research, School of Medicine, Top Stories
The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine has formed a veterinary regenerative center with the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine. Regenerative medicine is devoted to engineering replacement tissues and organs in the laboratory, or using cell therapies to restore organ and tissue function.
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Weight loss and walking help seniors
January 24, 2011 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Research, School of Medicine, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Walking more and losing weight can improve mobility as much as 20 percent in older, obese adults with poor cardiovascular health, according to a new Wake Forest study. The results from the five-year study of 288 participants appear Jan. 24 in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
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Mobility in elderly assessed with iPad
January 19, 2011 | For Alumni, For Parents, Research, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Health care professionals have not had an easy and effective way to assess the mobility of the elderly. To solve the problem, Wake Forest professors Tony Marsh and Jack Rejeski developed the Mobility Assessment Tool, which uses video animation.
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App helps conquer speech disability
December 27, 2010 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Research, Top Stories
To help his son, Victor, and others with disabilities, professor Paul Pauca and some of his students created an application for the iPhone and iPad that turns their touch screens into communications tools.
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Video games and realism
December 22, 2010 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Research, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
More than 60 percent of parents say video games have no effect on their children. Not true, says Marina Krcmar, associate professor of communication. As games get more and more realistic, research shows the positive and negative effects on children increase.
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Quantity versus quality
December 20, 2010 | Faculty, Research, School of Business, Top Stories
According to research on branding and consumer behavior, today’s bargains may mean fewer choices and reduced quality tomorrow. Associate Professor of Business Sheri Bridges says good marketing does not rely on sales.
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Research leads law student to Vienna
December 13, 2010 | For Alumni, For Parents, International, Research, School of Law, Student, Top Stories
Thanks to his research on workers’ compensation and employers’ liability law, Daniel Murdock (’12) recently had the chance to represent the School of Law in Vienna, Austria.
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Saving endangered flying squirrels
December 7, 2010 | Community, Faculty, For Alumni, Research, Scholars and Scientists, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Endangered Carolina Northern flying squirrels have a better chance of survival in the Appalachian Mountains, thanks to research by Professor of Biology Peter Weigl.
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Physics for the future
December 6, 2010 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Research, Student, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories, Wake Forest College, Working Together
By 2015, plastic flexible electronics is estimated to be a $30 billion market, according to Oana Jurchescu, assistant professor of physics. Jurchescu and her undergraduate students are working together on the development of these technologies in her lab.
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Researchers awarded DOD grant
December 6, 2010 | For Alumni, For Parents, National, Research, School of Medicine, Top Stories
Orthopaedic researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center have been awarded a $2.24 million four-year grant from the U. S. Department of Defense (DOD) to study the use of keratin gel in the regeneration of damaged peripheral nerves, those in the hands, arms and feet.
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