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In 2008, Ceres Nanosciences LLLP licensed from Mason a Nanotrap™ technology that was created by world-renowned cancer researchers Emanuel F. Petricoin III and Lance Liotta, codirectors of Mason’s Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine. The technology was used to create the Ceres Nanotrap, a unique nano-size particle capable of trapping, isolating, and preserving the…

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Breast cancer patients in fear of developing lymphedema—a potentially painful and disfiguring condition of swelling in the extremities—may be in for some relief. Researchers found that when physical therapists identified lymphedema in its earliest stages, the condition could be treated effectively. Lymphedema results from a disruption or blockage of the lymphatic system, which is responsible…

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Mason researchers have designed a nutrition education program called “Color My Pyramid” to teach students how to evaluate their dietary intake and activity level. The program incorporates the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s MyPyramid.gov for the Kids Blast-Off Game, a computer game that allows kids to win by fueling their rocket with nutritious foods and a…

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Mason researchers have targeted HIV and are ready to move in for the kill. New studies uncover information that could end one of the world’s largest health problems.

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We’re beginning a new tradition here at the Spirit. With the great access we have to some of the top experts in their respective fields, it made sense to have Mason professors share a bit of their knowledge with our readers. So we’re starting the Top Five, in which we’ll ask a leading authority in…

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President Barack Obama chose Mason’s Center for the Arts Concert Hall to give an invitation-only speech on January 8. The then-president elect spoke to hundreds in attendance about his new economic plan.

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Joining just a handful of others around the country, Mason’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) and College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) have joined together to start a performing arts medicine clinic. The clinic is currently available to all dance majors in CVPA and the in-house athletic trainer is the first point…

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To position itself as a leading authority in the field of Islamic studies, Mason is recruiting an expert in that discipline. Last November, Mason received a $1.5 million gift from the International Institute for Islamic Thought (IIIT) to hire a leading scholar to serve as an endowed chair in Islamic Studies. Based within the College…

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This winter, 40 School of Management students partnered with Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CID) special agents to learn what it takes to convict a criminal. After all, let’s not forget that it was the work of the IRS that led to notorious mob boss Al Capone’s downfall. Students in the Accounting Honors Program and…

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The Mason Nation has a wealth of school pride and now a new mascot that reflects that abundance. The mascot, named “The Patriot,” was unveiled at the first home game of the season, where he led the cheering charge at the basketball game that ended in a win over Brown University. Gunston, the familiar former…

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