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WFU and N.C. State form partnership
October 28, 2011 | For Alumni, For Parents, Research, School of Medicine, Top Stories
Wake Forest and N.C. State have formed a partnership in the hope of advancing regenerative-medicine treatments for humans and animals. The groups will exchange students and faculty, collaborate on research projects and publications and pool resources.
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Bioethics conversation starters
October 6, 2011 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Research, School of Medicine, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
From stem cell research to genetic testing to inequities in health care, bioethics questions are part of conversations throughout the United States every day. Two Wake Forest professors, Nancy King and Michael J. Hyde, explain why talking about bioethics is so important and share insights from their new book.
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Highlighting undergraduate research
September 20, 2011 | For Alumni, For Parents, Research, School of Medicine, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
The work of 114 Wake Forest students was displayed at the fifth annual Undergraduate Research Day on Sept. 16 in the Benson Center. The event is organized by The Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Center (URECA).
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Toyota turns to Wake Forest
September 19, 2011 | For Alumni, For Parents, National, Research, School of Medicine, Top Stories
Toyota Motor Corp. has tapped Wake Forest for a second time on a high-profile health-care research project. Toyota’s safety-research center has selected WFU as one of six research institutions to play a role in developing, testing and implementing its vehicle safety innovations.
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Faking it on the soccer field
July 15, 2011 | For Alumni, For Parents, Research, School of Medicine, Top Stories
As the U.S. women prepare for the World Cup finals, a Wake Forest research group has reported that top female soccer players aren’t beyond faking injury to deceive referees and gain an advantage. But they don’t do it as much as their male counterparts.
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Creating a safer helmet
July 11, 2011 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Research, School of Medicine
Researchers at the Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences and Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center said they have developed commercial smart football helmets that measure the force of blows to the head.
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Faculty member dies in bike-race crash
July 8, 2011 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, School of Medicine, Top Stories
Erik Lie-Nielsen, a 35-year-old doctor and faculty member at the Wake Forest School of Medicine, was killed Friday morning when he crashed during a bicycle race that was part of the Highland Games at Grandfather Mountain.
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Teaching leadership
July 7, 2011 | For Alumni, For Parents, Personal and Career Development, School of Business, School of Medicine, Staff, Top Stories, University Announcement, Wake Forest College
The University’s new Associate Vice President for Leadership Development, Evelyn Williams, envisions a program to teach students how to build and flex their leadership muscles — preparing them for careers in any field.
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Pfizer drug linked to heart problems
July 5, 2011 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, National, Research, School of Medicine, Top Stories
A new study by researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center shows that the use of Pfizer’s ChantixTM, a smoking cessation drug, is associated with a 72 percent increased risk of a serious adverse cardiovascular event, such as heart attack or arrhythmia.
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Scientists turn memory on, off in rats
June 17, 2011 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, School of Medicine, Top Stories
Scientists, led by Sam Deadwyler of Wake Forest, have designed a brain implant that restored lost memory function and strengthened recall of new information in laboratory rats — a crucial first step in the development of so-called neuroprosthetic devices to repair deficits from dementia, stroke and other brain injuries in humans.
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