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Article: SAN FRANCISCO: Three SF State Students Take Top Prize at State Research Competition
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- June 15, 2007
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San Francisco State University issued the following press release:
Molecular biology, elementary education and design and industry students from San Francisco State took home first place awards in the 21st annual California State University Research Competition in May.
Undergraduate Natasha Chandiramani took the top award in the Biological and Agricultural Sciences category for research on the role of synthesized nitric oxide in the development of skeletal muscle formation in chicken embryos. "Our goal is to figure out the pathway that makes stem cells into muscle cells," she said. The findings will be valuable in combating muscular degenerative diseases. Chandiramani, who began her ...