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Oregon State University researchers have discovered compounds that convert a protein known for protecting cancer cells into a tumor killer. Scientists say their findings, several years in the making, open the door to promising therapies for breast cancer and other malignancies whose cells rely on the Bcl-2 protein to evade treatment and develop drug resistance. “The holy grail in cancer research is finding a molecular target that plays a major, essential role in cancer cell growth that you can go after without causing side effects – that is, without affecting regular cells,” said Siva Kumar Kolluri, professor of environmental and molecular toxicology in the Oregon State University College of Agricultural Sciences. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gkxZZ56c Christiane Löhr #BelieveIt #CancerResearch #BreastCancer

During recent periods of unusually warm water in the Gulf of Alaska, young Pacific cod in near shore safe havens did not experience the protective effects those areas typically provide, a new Oregon State University study found. “These coastal habitats aren’t supporting fish in the same way that they used to as a result of marine heat waves,” said lead author Hillary Thalmann, a graduate student in OSU’s Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Sciences. #BelieveIt #Research #Alaska #Wildlife #MarineLife

Congratulations to Angie Chown, M.S. ’11, an OSU-Cascades alumna and elementary school counselor in Redmond, Oregon, has been named the Oregon School Counselor of the Year. Oregon State University-Cascades #GoBeavs #BelieveIt