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Media Mentions: 2023

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  1. New Test in the Works to Catch Defective Cancer Drugs

    October 06, 2023

    A team of researchers is developing a new way to test a vital cancer drug that has been sold around the world in poor-quality, contaminated or ineffective forms.

  2. Mosquitoes Are a Growing Public Health Threat, Reversing Years of Progress

    September 29, 2023

    Such largess is unusual — and not a sustainable pathway for vector control research, said John Grieco, a professor of biological sciences at the University of Notre Dame who coordinates the multicountry spatial repellent trial, which is also running in countries including Mali and Sri Lanka.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  3. Bangladesh has been effective at fighting malaria. Can it eliminate the disease?

    September 21, 2023

    In the heart of Dhaka, Bangladesh's thronging capital, deep inside a laboratory, Kasturi Haldar stares down the barrel of a microscope. 

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  4. Firefighters Fear the Toxic Chemicals in Their Gear Could Be Causing Cancer

    September 14, 2023

    Cotter sent patches of gear to Graham Peaslee, a University of Notre Dame professor who studies PFAS, for testing.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  5. Eliminating public health scourge can also benefit agriculture

    August 31, 2023

    Removing vegetation can reduce infections while providing greater access to open water
     

  6. Paper and bamboo straws contain PFAS chemicals more often than plastic straws do, study finds

    August 25, 2023

    Graham Peaslee, who studies PFAS at the University of Notre Dame and was not involved in the new research, said it's possible manufacturers aren't testing for the chemicals in their own products.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  7. ‘Forever chemicals’ found in period underwear, tampon wrappers

    August 11, 2023

    Researchers from the University of Notre Dame studied more than 120 different menstruation products — menstrual cups, pads, underwear and tampons — sold in the United States.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  8. We Had 44 Period and Incontinence Products Tested for Forever Chemicals. Many Were Contaminated.

    August 11, 2023

    In early 2023, we bought and mailed 44 different products to Graham Peaslee, whose University of Notre Dame lab studies PFAS in the environment and has performed tens of thousands of tests looking for signs of contamination with these substances in consumer products.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  9. Toxic 'Forever' Chemicals Found in Period Products

    August 11, 2023

    "[PFAs] have demonstrated environmental persistence, can bioaccumulate, and are known to have human and environmental toxicity," research lead Graham Peaslee, a professor at the University of Notre Dame, told Newsweek. 

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  10. Healthcare Headlines: Ovarian cancer and obesity

    August 03, 2023

    In a study published this month in the Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research, University of Notre Dame researchers in collaboration with NeoGenomics Laboratories have shed new light on one key factor that can make ovarian cancer especially deadly: obesity.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  11. Ben Franklin: founding father of anti-counterfeiting techniques

    July 21, 2023

    To better understand these printing techniques, Khachatur Manukyan at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana and his colleagues imaged more than 600 paper notes printed between 1709 and 1790 and analysed their chemistry.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  12. Colonial America’s Printed Money Examined

    July 20, 2023

    According to a statement released by the University of Notre Dame, researchers led by physicist Khachatur Manukyan have analyzed some 600 money notes printed during the British American colonial period over a span of about 80 years.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  13. Researchers reveal why obesity makes ovarian cancer more deadly

    July 20, 2023

    In a study published this month in the Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research, University of Notre Dame researchers in collaboration with NeoGenomics Laboratories have shed new light on one key factor that can make ovarian cancer especially deadly: obesity.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  14. Benjamin Franklin used science to protect his money from counterfeiters

    July 19, 2023

    Most of the silver and gold coins brought to the British American colonies were rapidly drained away to pay for manufactured goods imported from abroad, leaving the Colonies without sufficient monetary supply to expand their economy,” study co-author and physicist at the University of Notre Dame Khachatur Manukyan said in a statement.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  15. Benjamin Franklin put early anti-counterfeit measures in paper money

    July 19, 2023

    Khachatur Manukyan at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana and his colleagues analysed the structure and chemical composition of more than 600 banknotes printed by Franklin and associates between 1709 and 1790.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  16. How Benjamin Franklin Helped Foil Early American Money Counterfeiters

    July 17, 2023

    Khachatur Manukyan, research associate professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Notre Dame, led a team that analyzed nearly 600 paper money notes printed in America from 1709 to 1790.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  17. What Benjamin Franklin Learned While Fighting Counterfeiters

    July 17, 2023

    The study draws on more than 600 artifacts held by the University of Notre Dame, said Khachatur Manukyan, a physicist at that institution and an author of the new paper. 

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  18. Benjamin Franklin Developed a Money Invention We Didn't Know About

    July 17, 2023

    A team of experts from the University of Notre Dame in Indiana detected the secret techniques after analyzing hundreds of paper bills printed more than 200 years ago.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  19. How Benjamin Franklin laid groundwork for the US dollar by foiling early counterfeiters

    July 17, 2023

    A team at the University of Notre Dame has shed new light on his methods via advanced scanning techniques that reveal some of Franklin’s methods in greater detail — along the way, also providing one more reason Franklin appears on the $100 bill.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  20. Environmental group tests to find the best water filters for removing PFAS

    July 13, 2023

    "We've since discovered that all these PFAS are immune suppressants, so they suppress your immune system and that means any opportunistic disease, including some types of cancer, could take over," said Graham Peaslee, who is a biochemist.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  21. Nearly half of the tap water in the US is contaminated with ‘forever chemicals,’ government study finds

    July 06, 2023

    If PFAS is in 45% of US water systems, the country will have a lot of work to do, said Dr. Graham Peaslee, a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and concurrent professor of chemistry and biochemistry who does PFAS research at the University of Notre Dame.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  22. Notre Dame’s DNA Learning Center wraps up summer camps, workshops

    July 06, 2023

    The University of Notre Dame has been helping kids and teens to fit some science into their summer through various DNA, genetics, scientific method, and ancestry workshops.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  23. How do you know if drinking water is safe from forever chemicals?

    June 24, 2023

    Whether you use city tap water, well water or buy bottled water, here’s what we know about PFAS in the water you drink.

  24. Mass. firefighters and families take on PFAS 'forever chemicals'

    June 16, 2023

    Firefighters are on the front lines of the effort to regulate PFAS because they have been particularly exposed to these chemicals through their jobs and equipment.

    WBUR's Gabrielle Emanuel reports.

    This segment aired on June 16, 2023.

  25. How can I avoid eating food with ‘forever’ chemicals?

    June 06, 2023

    “For the average consumer, there’s no way to avoid it,” said Graham Peaslee, a physics professor at the University of Notre Dame. “But, you can do some smart things.”

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  26. ‘It’s Pretty Horrific but Fascinating Nonetheless.’ Inside the New Wave of Atomic Tourism.

    June 05, 2023

    “Whenever there is talk about nuking, people get interested in the atomic bomb,” said Michael Wiescher, a nuclear physicist at the University of Notre Dame who sees enrollment go up in his “Nuclear War” course when it’s in the news. His colleague Ani Aprahamian finds atomic tourism a curious phenomenon. “I’m a nuclear physicist and would find going to a test site fascinating in any case,” she said, “but perhaps it’s nostalgia or a desire to understand that drives others.”

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  27. Plastic containers still distributed across the US are a potential health disaster

    June 02, 2023

    Inhance late last year also began claiming that an April 2022 adjustment to its fluorination process reduced PFAS leaching to negligible levels. That was contradicted by a late 2022 peer-reviewed University of Notre Dame study of Inhance containers.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  28. Six Institutions Invited To Join Association Of American Universities

    June 01, 2023

    University of Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., said, “our mission at Notre Dame is to be a preeminent research university, provide an unsurpassed undergraduate education and to have all we do informed by our Catholic mission. We are honored to be invited to join the AAU, heartened by the AAU board’s recognition of our progress as a research university, and we look forward to participating in this august organization.”

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.

  29. Marya Lieberman’s paper drug tests promote safety in low-resource settings

    April 30, 2023

    An estimated 10% of medical products in low- and middle-​income countries are either falsified or substandard, according to the World Health
    Organization. It’s particularly difficult in low-income regions to quickly and easily spot subpar medicines and identify their flaws.

    For years, chemist Marya Lieberman of the University of Notre Dame and her team have been developing analytical paper diagnostics

    Originally published in Chemical & Engineering News

  30. Mass. firefighters and their families are on the front lines of a battle with 'forever chemicals'

    April 19, 2023

    “I got one of the 6,000 emails she sent,” recalled Graham Peaslee, a physics professor at the University of Notre Dame, who studies PFAS.

    Originally published at news.nd.edu.