Research News

Adam Wax received one of the top honors for academic inventors in recognition of his work to translate research in optical spectroscopy to biomedical diagnostics.

The award will fuel Hickey’s efforts to reveal how T cells can better infiltrate and attack solid tumors

Nenad Bursac is growing beating human heart tissue in his lab to test emerging heart repair treatments such as gene therapy.

Bursts of electrical stimulation could help restore gut motion to treat constipation, a technique recently licensed by industry leader Boston Scientific

Discovering the link between congenital heart disease and kidney problems could improve outcomes for patients with the disease

Several interdisciplinary projects are using virtual and augmented reality to push the frontiers of physical and mental therapies.

With two NIH awards totaling more than $5 million, Ophelia Venturelli will explore how the human gut can respond to internal and external influences

With the support of the NINDS Research Program Award, McIntyre will use patient-specific models to better understand how electrodes can record and stimulate the human brain

Previously unmapped sections of the genome explain how cells sense their mechanical environment and could open new paths for treating disease

Inhibiting a critical enzyme involved in iron regulation makes cancer cells vulnerable to cell death

The new approach allows researchers to identify and optimize material recipes to more effectively encapsulate difficult-to-deliver drugs

New approach uses bacterial genes to restore both strength and rhythm of damaged hearts.