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By using a giant floral brain symbolizing the effect opioids has on one’s body, a group of Purdue faculty, staff and students are working to break the stigma of addictions and substance use.
“Hope Stems” will be the focal point of discussion on the opioid epidemic from Nov. 18-21 at Purdue’s Wilmeth Active Learning Center. VADM Jerome M. Adams, U.S. surgeon general, will talk during the project’s unveiling at 4 p.m. Monday (Nov. 18) in the learning center’s Hiler Theater. Adams will present “The Road to Recovery: Combating the Opioid Crisis.”
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What if a drug you need every single day of your life could be implanted into your body so that you don’t have to remember to take a pill? Unfortunately, chances are the drug you take isn’t available in implantable form -- partly because it's challenging to design an implant that would work for every type of drug. Purdue researchers have developed a new method that uses an MRI to see noninvasively how an implant design affects the amount of a drug released into the body.
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A new type of material for next-generation solar cells eliminates the need to use lead, which has been a major roadblock for this technology. A team of scientists and engineers led by Letian Dou, assistant professor of chemical engineering, have developed a sandwich-like material incorporating organic and inorganic materials to form a hybrid structure that doesn't use lead and has improved stability.
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A leading neuroscientist discussed recent advances in genome editing technologies, addressing the question of “What IF Breakthrough Technologies Could Make Us Smarter?” during an Oct. 15 Ideas Festival event at Purdue. Guoping Feng’s presentation, “Live Long and Prosper: The Promise of Science (Fiction) and Medicine,” was sponsored by the College of Pharmacy. A recording of the talk is now available.
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Here is a sampling of recent news reports about Purdue from media across the nation and the world. | |
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