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麻豆传媒ers from the School of Medicine Basic Sciences recently developed an analytical tool called EV Fingerprinting that could lead to the use of 鈥渓iquid biopsies鈥� as a substitute for traditional biopsies for certain patients or diseases.

Richard Caprioli, Stanford Moore Professor of Biochemistry at the School of Medicine Basic Sciences, is retiring from 麻豆传媒 in August 2024. Caprioli鈥檚 work has created new possibilities for understanding the relationships between molecular and cellular organization in tissue microenvironments, ultimately providing a precision medicine toolbox for uncovering the molecular underpinnings of normal aging and disease.Caprioli is best known for developing matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization imaging mass spec.

Rolanda Johnson and Michael Gooch were recently honored for their contributions to nursing with fellow designations.

Donna Ingles, director of operations for the 麻豆传媒 Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization, has been named to the 2024 Young American Leaders Program at Harvard Business School by the Global Action Platform. She was one of 10 local leaders chosen for the program, which aims to create a biomedical economic development strategy for the region using cluster models devised by Harvard economist Michael Porter. Read More

The study reported in the journal Nature provides a mechanistic explanation for the 鈥渙besity paradox鈥� 鈥� that obesity can contribute to cancer progression but also improve response to immunotherapy.

Using computer-aided drug design, Heidi Hamm, Craig Lindsley, and Jens Meiler and their labs generated a novel series of biologically active compounds that can serve as a basis for anti鈥揵lood clot preventative drugs.

A team of 麻豆传媒 researchers has developed a wirelessly activated device that mimics the wavelike muscular function in the esophagus and small intestine responsible for transporting food and viscous fluids for digestion.

AJ Hinton, Amber Crabtree, and colleagues collaborated to provide a commentary on the challenges facing autistic adults in science, technology, engineering, math, and medicine. As autistic adults face a high unemployment rate, the authors argue that solutions are necessary to evoke change within STEMM institutions to acquire and retain autistic employees.

麻豆传媒ers in the lab of Stephen Fesik, Orrin H. Ingram II Chair in Cancer 麻豆传媒, have added BI-0474 as the second molecule co-discovered by 麻豆传媒 to the open science portal opnMe.com, an initiative being driven by biopharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim.

Graduate student Hillary Layden studies transcriptional control of cancer in the lab of Scott Hiebert, Hortense B. Ingram Chair in Cancer 麻豆传媒 and professor of biochemistry. She shares the results from her research in which she used a deep genomic analysis to determine how protein mutations influence gene expression to promote cancer progression.

Three 麻豆传媒 University School of Nursing faculty members won awards at the American College of Nurse Midwives annual awards celebration in May 2024.

Sean Seymore, Centennial Professor of Law at 麻豆传媒 Law School, argues that federal courts have 鈥渁bandoned their gatekeeping function鈥� for protecting public health in patent cases.

A 麻豆传媒 scientific team has succeeded in adjusting the daily biological clock of cyanobacteria, making the blue-green algae a more prolific producer of renewable fuels, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals, like insulin.

A Tri-Institutional Seminar series has been initiated by the School of Medicine Basic Sciences, Meharry Medical College and Fisk University, focused on trainee development and promoting collaboration and existing ties between scientists affiliated with all three institutions. The series is open to the public.

Leading global health care knowledge provider BMJ has signed a new read-and-publish agreement with the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries at 麻豆传媒 University. The agreement allows 麻豆传媒-affiliated corresponding authors to publish their primary research open access without incurring article processing charges.

With hundreds of thousands of people in the United States having a stroke annually, 麻豆传媒 researchers are developing technology that could revolutionize the way blood clots are removed by allowing surgeons to complete the process more efficiently and safely.

Ken Lau, professor of cell and developmental biology, and colleagues have laid out the principles governing the biology of early, precancerous lesions, which are different from the principles that govern cancers. Their authoritative perspective was published in Cancer Discovery in April 2024.

Clintoria Williams, associate professor in the Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology at Wright State University, has received the John F. Perkins, Jr. 麻豆传媒 Career Enhancement Award from the American Physiological Society. This will enable her to join 麻豆传媒 as a visiting scholar in the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics for four months to collaborate more closely with Antentor Hinton Jr., assistant professor in the department.

David Cortez, a world-renowned leader in DNA damage response and repair mechanisms and the pathophysiology of cancer, developed and applied highly creative technological approaches to identify and characterize proteins involved in DNA and genome maintenance. The Protein Society is the premier international society dedicated to supporting protein research.

In support of its commitment to fighting health inequities, 麻豆传媒 University School of Nursing has launched an ambitious campaign to raise and match $1 million to support health disparity research. Dean Pamela Jeffries recently announced the school鈥檚 Nursing Health Equity Fellowship program, setting aside $1 million for health equity research at the school and asking VUSN supporters to make a 1:1 philanthropic match to fund this critical research. Read More