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  • Hershey Med. isolates cancer-killing virus

    Hershey Med. isolates cancer-killing virus

    In a fifth-floor laboratory at Hershey Medical Center, scientists have discovered a virus which they believe may facilitate the destruction of cancerous cells in the human body. Dr. Craig Meyers and his team brought to surface the fact that Adeno-associated virus type 2 (AAV2) does not cause disease in humans but liquefies certain cancer cells

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  • NSSE recognizes first-year experience

    NSSE recognizes first-year experience

    The results are in, ladies and gentlemen, and it’s good news: Elizabethtown is ahead of the game. The College’s first-year program was recently evaluated and is considered very strong, according to the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE). NSSE, affectionately pronounced “Nessie,” is in the business of evaluating colleges and helping them to identify their

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  • Gibble Auditorium receives grant for new improvements

    Gibble Auditorium receives grant for new improvements

    The Science, Mathematics and Engineering Center (SMEC) project at Elizabethtown College is responsible for the renovations to the Masters Center for Science, Mathematics and Engineering. “When you walk in the building, everything is nice and new,” Joseph Metro, Director of Facilities Management, said. “But when you walk into Gibble, it looks like the old building,

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