September 19, 2017
Tulane researchers use specimens to search for the genes that cause facial anomalies in affected embryos.
September 13, 2017
Tulane University researchers have developed a new drug that is effective against non-severe cases of malaria, according to results from an FDA-supervised clinical trial published online in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
September 12, 2017
East Africa may be a long way from the Crescent City, but it is top of mind for Tulane PhD student Sarah Oliva, who is studying data from volcanoes and earthquakes in that region. Her goal is a better understanding of how a 3,000-kilometer long deep valley — the East African rift system — formed. Ultimately, she hopes her research will enable her to work with scientists and help governments protect residents living near the rift.
September 12, 2017
Professor celebrates innovative early 20th century photographer in upcoming book.
September 12, 2017
Five undergraduate students joined professor Emilia Oddo in Crete to work on a pottery find from a Bronze Age civilization.
September 05, 2017
Pharmacology research professor Howard W. Mielke is raising awareness of toxins within hair dye.
September 05, 2017
An experimental therapy using cloned antibodies from Lassa fever survivors was 100 percent effective in stopping the progression of the deadly disease in nonhuman primates up to eight days after infection, according to a new study in Nature Medicine.
September 05, 2017
Researchers associated with the Tulane Brain Institute say they have moved a step closer to improving treatment for chronic depression.
August 28, 2017
Next time you slap a mosquito consider this – Tulane researchers are testing a strategy to alter the genes of female Aedes aegypti mosquitos so they die soon after a blood meal.
August 28, 2017
Restoring the flow of fresh water and sediment from the Mississippi River can rebuild the state’s protective wetlands, making them more resilient to looming threats from storms, according to a new Tulane University study.
August 22, 2017
Tulane rising sophomore James Rogers made the most of his summer in a big way. Rogers was selected for an internship at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and worked in the Neuro-Oncology Branch (NOB) of the National Cancer Institute (NCI).
August 22, 2017
A new book by Karissa Haugeberg, assistant professor in the Tulane School of Liberal Arts, sheds light on women activists’ peaceful and violent work against abortion from the 1960s through the 1990s.
August 15, 2017
Tulane professors Nathan Morrow and Nancy Mock used mobile phone technology to track Somalians’ responses to drought, famine and other hardships in a model that’s now spreading in that country.