Dr. Levent Beker from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Koç University has once again received support from the European Research Council (ERC) for his research that focuses on improving the quality of our everyday lives. His previous project on an implant that can detect signs of heart failure and degradation in the body without […]
Scientists at the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation have received a multimillion-dollar grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to advance research into organ transplantation and antibody-mediated rejection. This funding will facilitate the development of an novel multi-organ-on-a-chip platform that aims to transform our understanding of transplant rejection and immune tolerance. Organ transplantation is […]
Babies born with a defective gene vital for well brain development, SYNGAP1, experience seizures, sensory processing disorders, speech difficulties, intellectual disabilities and autism-like behaviors. It’s a condition for which there is no cure that is challenging for both parents and children, said Gavin Rumbaugh, Ph.D., a neurobiologist at the Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for […]
The Critical Path Institute (C-Path) Translational Therapeutics Accelerator (TRxA) today announced a up-to-date research grant awarded to Daniela C. Zarnescu, Ph.D., professor of cellular and molecular physiology at Penn State University College of Medicine, in collaboration with Jon Njardarson, Ph.D., professor at the University of Arizona. This $250,000 grant will support their novel project titled […]
While chemotherapy has advanced in personalization, personalized radiotherapy in cancer treatment remains underdeveloped. Current cancer treatments—including radiotherapy—are elaborate, lack personalization, and rely heavily on the expertise of medical teams. Medical image analysis and machine learning hold great promise for improving personalized oncology. However, challenges such as restricted high-quality data and data complexity remain. Dr. Wazir […]
Thanks to a up-to-date five-year, $2.78 million grant from the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute, researchers at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals (UH) will utilize artificial intelligence (AI) to better treat rectal disease. cancer patients. The American Cancer Society estimates that about 46,000 people nationwide will […]
