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With the help of a federal grant, a Portland State University professor is trying to make it faster and easier to diagnose an increasingly common language disorder known as anomia. Gerasimos Fergadiotis, a speech-language pathologist in PSU's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Steven...

Gene-editing technology is rapidly advancing, opening up the possibility that one day embryos could be altered so that babies don't inherit a disease that runs in the family. That day is still a long way away, but a Portland State University professor will begin tackling the ethical, legal...

DesignMedix’ lead product, experimental anti-malaria medicine DM1157, has begun human clinical trials. DM1157, discovered at Portland State University (PSU) and developed by PSU spin-out DesignMedix, was designed to overcome the serious issue of growing drug resistance among malaria medicines....

A Portland State University professor recently received a $230,000 grant to study fragments of ancient pottery and sediments to answer the question: what did indigenous Arctic Alaskan people eat and how did they prepare their food over...

A Portland State University professor has received a $3.3 million federal grant to study the impact of an early-learning program aimed at improving children's readiness for kindergarten and later grades. PSU College of Liberal Arts and...

The odds of an infant dying before their first birthday are higher in counties with greater proportions of conservative Protestants, especially fundamentalists, than in counties with more mainline Protestants and Catholics, according to a new Portland State University study. ...

Researchers at Portland State University have developed methods for measuring levels of free-base nicotine in electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) liquids and vapor, the levels of which are associated with harshness upon inhalation of e-cigarette vapors and tobacco smoke. The study presents...

Portland State University researchers who published an article three years ago in the New England Journal of Medicine about the presence of previously undiscovered forms of formaldehyde in e-cigarette vapor revisited their research and found that formaldehyde risks were even higher than they...

Older workers tend to feel more stress than younger workers when their employers don't provide them with the support and resources needed to do their jobs well, according to a new Portland State University study. The study, published...

A Portland State University research team studying concussion has published an interactive diagram showing the many facets of mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) – from sleep problems to mood disorders to the increased danger of dementia – and how they connect with and affect each other....

Researchers at Portland State University found benzene and other potentially cancer-causing chemicals in the vapor produced by butane hash oil, a cannabis extract. Their study raises health concerns about dabbing, or vaporizing hash oil – a practice that is growing in popularity, especially...

Portland State University researchers have found that only about half the genes in a specific virus affecting single cell organisms is needed to infect a host. This means the virus can undergo major mutations without losing its ability to survive and infect. The research, headed by PSU...