Key Enzyme for Regulating Heart Attack Damage Found, Stanford Scientists Report

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Marauding molecules cause the tissue damage that underlies heart attacks, sunburn, Alzheimer’s and hangovers. But scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine say they may have found ways to combat the carnage after discovering an important cog in the body’s molecular detoxification machinery.
The culprit molecules are oxygen byproducts called free radicals. These highly unstable [...]

University President Honored with National Award for Role in Innovative Alcohol Prevention Work

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Dr. Jonathan C. Gibralter, President of Frostburg State University, was honored today with a national award recognizing his success in promoting a vibrant intellectual and social campus climate that de-emphasizes the role of alcohol. In the midst of a debate among college presidents around the legal drinking age, Dr. Gibralter, along with the 17 other [...]