Python’s heart-restoring elixir works in mice
Science News – Oct. 28
… With a lot more experimentation, the Colorado team and colleagues at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa determined that the trigger in the snakes’ blood came from a particular combination of fatty acids…Just the right mix of three of them — myristic, palmitic and palmitoleic acid — turns out to trigger a quick upsizing in heart muscle cells…
New York Times – Oct. 28
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Taiwan News – Oct. 28
UA College of Communication & Information Sciences inducts members into Hall of Fame
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Oct. 27
The University of Alabama’s Communication and Information Sciences Hall of Fame inducted four new members at tonight’s ceremony…
ESPN’s BCS expert to speak at UA
Tuscaloosa News – Oct. 28
Brad Edwards, ESPN’s BCS analyst since 1999, will speak at Ferguson Center in the Heritage room at 6 p.m. next Thursday. The event, free to the public, is presented by the University of Alabama’s Honors College Assembly and Sigma Chi fraternity…
UA School of Medicine received National Library Medicine Grant
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) – Oct. 27
The University of Alabama School of Medicine was just granted a National Library Medicine grant. They can use this for exercises to update area disaster response plans.
UA prepares for largest football crowd ever
WGNO (New Orleans, La.) – Oct. 27
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WAFB (Baton Rouge, La.) – Oct. 27
The University of Alabama is expecting a record 140,000 people on campus when LSU comes to town, even though Bryant-Denny stadium only holds around 102,000. RV parking is already sold out. Public parking will be available for 20 to 30 bucks a vehicle.
Halloween Roundup
Tuscaloosa News – Oct. 28
TODAY — Haunting at the Museum: 6-8 p.m., Smith Hall on the University of Alabama campus. Free-guided candlelit ghost-walks around the Quad…