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Fighting breast cancer with nanotech, immunotherapy 
ӰƵ researcher takes aim at hard-to-treat metastatic cancers by using new method to unlock ‘cold tumors’ for successful treatment A team of scientists led by aresearcher at the ӰƵ School of Medicine is making strides to fight deadly metastati...
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Powerful push to use AI for cancer immunotherapy
ӰƵ works with NYU and pharmaceutical companies Bristol Myers Squibb, AstraZeneca to validate imaging-based solutions for predicting response to therapy for lung cancer patients For artificial intelligence (AI) tools being developed at ӰƵ to ...
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Studying how skin cancer starts
ӰƵ chemists measure ‘picosecond’ speed of pre-cancer cells’ lesions that form on DNA when exposed to sunlight; could lead to more effective prevention Luis Ortiz-Rodríguez grew up on the beaches of Puerto Rico—surfing, swimming and running in the hot sand—and swears he had never ...
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Mathematicians forecast COVID-19 spread
Researchers from ӰƵ, University of Akron, develop algorithm used by Cuyahoga County to predict fluctuations in number of COVID-19 cases A highly accurate forecast tool created by mathematicians from ӰƵ and The University of Akron is being used by Cuyah...
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Studying climate change at high speed
ӰƵ collaborates with 13 universities as part of National Science Foundation global project to understand interaction of climate and ecosystems ӰƵ is one among 14 universities from around the globe that have collectively been awarded $12.5 mi...
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A new lens on the world
ӰƵ scientists, collaborators at Harvard and Italian university Unical, aim to ‘revolutionize optics’ by combining nanostructured metasurfaces with liquid crystal technology For more than 500 years, humans have mastered the art of refracting light by shaping glass into lenses, then...
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Taking the next step in biorobotics
ӰƵ roboticist Roger Quinn, neuroscientist Hillel Chiel to lead $8 million, five-year National Science Foundation NeuroNex Network project seeking next level of control of neuromechanical systems A pair of longtime collaborators and biorobotic pioneers at ӰƵ Unive...
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Scientists using AI to benefit cancer patients
National Cancer Institute awards $1.15 million to ӰƵ researchers, collaborators to develop new tool to guide oncologists ӰƵ scientists are developing artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help surgeons and oncologists identify the subtle but...
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St. Baldrick's Foundation awards grants to ӰƵ for pediatric cancer research
Cancer researchers Alex Huang, Reshmi Parameswaran and Yamilet Huerta have been awarded $315,000 in grants from the St. Baldrick's Foundation to conduct research of new immunotherapy treatments for pediatric cancers. Alex Huang Huang, professor of pediatrics at ӰƵ Scho...
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Picking climate-change winners, losers not easy
ӰƵ researchers study competition between frog, toad species in warming climate; gain insight into complexities in accurately predicting outcomes Scientists contend that both natural history and scientific observation show there will be clear “winners and losers” among species from...