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  • How a Clemson grad student may change future heart disease treatment
  • How Clemson experts say 2026 could squeeze your steak prices
  • How safe is Pickens County now compared with the rest of SC?

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  • Friday: Mostly cloudy, temps: high: 56, low: 34.
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📰 News we're reading

1. Clemson graduate student pioneers nanotechnology-based therapy for heart disease (clemson.edu) — A Clemson University graduate student is developing a nanotechnology-based therapy that could one day more directly clear dangerous cholesterol from arteries, potentially transforming heart disease treatment. Working in Clemson’s food, nutrition and packaging sciences program, she’s using engineered nanoparticles to deliver DNA instructions that help artery cells remove plaque, while continuing her research locally as a new doctoral student.
   

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2. Farm-to-table frustrations: Cattle farmers face industry challenges into 2026 (wyff4.com) — Clemson University’s Cooperative Extension is warning that Upstate cattle farmers face a tough 2026, with tight herds, higher costs, and new pest-related border limits squeezing both producers and beef buyers. Generational ranchers in Pickens County say they’ve slashed herd sizes, taken second jobs, and still struggle to stay profitable as land development pressures grow.
   

3. Violent crime in South Carolina falls for fourth straight year, lowest rate in nearly 30 years (wyff4.com) — Violent crime across South Carolina fell in 2024 to its lowest rate in nearly 30 years, and Pickens County—home to Clemson—now ranks among the counties with the lowest violent crime rates. State data show sharp drops in murder, robbery, sexual battery and aggravated assault, continuing a four-year downward trend after the pandemic-era spike.
   

4. Menacing hornets found in SC near Charlotte, two years after invading Lowcountry (thestate.com) — Clemson University scientists are responding after a nest of invasive yellow-legged hornets was discovered in York County, raising concerns for South Carolina’s honeybee populations. Researchers based in Clemson are tracking and removing nests and asking residents statewide, including in the Clemson area, to report any suspicious hornet sightings using the university’s online form.
   

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