A team led by the 91探花has developed a new, non-destructive method that images entire 3D biopsies instead of a slice for determining prostate cancer aggressiveness. The 3D images provided more information than a 2D image 鈥� specifically, details about the tree-like structure of the glands throughout the tissue.
Recent honors to 91探花faculty and staff have come from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the Republic of Lithuania and Google.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science has named six faculty members from the 91探花 as AAAS Fellows, according to a Nov. 26 announcement. They are part of a cohort of 443 new fellows for 2019, all chosen by their peers for 鈥渟cientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.鈥�
A new 91探花microscope could provide real-time results during cancer-removal surgeries, potentially eliminating the 20 to 40 percent of women who have to undergo multiple lumpectomy surgeries because cancerous breast tissue is missed the first time around.
In a paper published Jan. 17 in the journal Nature Communications, researchers report that fruit flies 鈥� perhaps the most widely studied insect in history 鈥� show signs of rational decision-making when choosing a mate.
Four 91探花 researchers are among 347 new fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for 2015.
Rapamycin, an anti-rejection drug for organ transplant patients, has now been shown to increases survival in and delayed symptoms of Leigh’s syndrome. The drug appears to cause a metabolic switch that bypasses the mitochondrial deficiency.
In children with this form of leukemia, damage to chromosome 9 removes part of a normal copy of the gene in question, and leaves the mutated copy unopposed.
A trace substance in caramelized sugar, when purified and given in appropriate doses, improves muscle regeneration in insect and animal models of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Exposure to diesel exhaust undermines one of the body’s protections against heart and blood vessel disease.