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Alcohol Awareness Month Research Highlight: Q&A with David A. Kareken PhD

With April being Alcohol Awareness Month, we sat down with David A. Kareken, PhD, director of the Indiana Alcohol Research Center, to discuss work being done at the center, his own career and role as director, and some of his proudest achievements with the center.

Luke Christopher Norton  | Apr 10, 2025
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Novel method expected to decrease loss in kidney function after partial nephrectomy

Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine have discovered a modifiable factor, in robot-assisted partial nephrectomy, which could potentially decrease the loss in kidney function

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HIFU pioneered by researchers at Indiana University

HIFU or High Intensity Focused Ultrasound is a focal treatment for prostate cancer that allows precise application of heat to destroy cancer tissue.  A probe

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KSC Team and Update

Here is a photo of the team helping at KSC. This was on our last day after all of our specimens were packed and ready

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day From Cape Canveral!

A small team has been at NASA Ames and at NASA KSC over the past 2 weeks. NASA Ames runs control center or the communications

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All Mice Successfully Made it to the International Space Station!

I apologize for the delay in writing an update. I have had several questions as to how the delay in Dragon docking impacted our studies

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Successful Launch of Rodent Research-IV Project to Space

Years of intense research, rescheduled dates and much preparation led to the successful launch of SpaceX CRS 10 at 9:39 am EST on Sunday, Feb.

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SpaceX on Snapchat

One of our undergraduate students assisting with the preparation for the launch of SpaceX CRS 10 gained global attention after posting a short video on

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Tears of Joy!

After working so hard for more than 3 years, I literally had tears of joy as  I saw the successful launch at 9:39a today!  

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Successful Launch!

Rasha Hammamieh and Melissa Kacena We did it!!! Successful launch!   In case you missed it, you can rewatch the launch here: https://www.facebook.com/NASA/videos/10154923099676772/  

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Update on Launch

Well we were all disappointed when the launch was aborted at T-13 seconds. Immediately after the launch attempt we headed back to the lab to

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