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Noninvasive imaging method can penetrate deeper into living tissue

Metabolic imaging is a noninvasive method that enables clinicians and scientists to study living cells using laser light, which can help them assess disease progression and treatment responses. But light…

Startup gives surgeons a real-time view of breast cancer during surgery

Breast cancer is the second most common type of cancer and cause of cancer death for women in the United States, affecting one in eight women overall.

Mucus: It’s Snot What You Think

A new approach to modeling complex biological systems

Over the past two decades, new technologies have helped scientists generate a vast amount of biological data. Large-scale experiments in genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and cytometry can produce enormous quantities of…

Changing the DNA of Living Things to Fight Climate Change

Implantable microparticles can deliver two cancer therapies at once

Patients with late-stage cancer often have to endure multiple rounds of different types of treatment, which can cause unwanted side effects and may not always help. In hopes of expanding…

Could all your digital photos be stored as DNA?

Engineers use “DNA origami” to identify vaccine design rules

Technique can image individual proteins within synapses

Synthetic circuits can harvest light energy