A new gel to prevent skin cancer without toxicity
Avoiding skin cancer could be as easy as slathering on a gel that the body rapidly metabolizes.
Articles by Allison Whitten, PhD
Preventing autoimmune disease
Once symptoms show up, it’s too late to cure many autoimmune diseases. Researchers are investigating ways to prevent the conditions from starting at all.
Developing new drugs to treat addiction
No pharmaceutical treatments exist for addictions to drugs like cocaine or cannabis. Now, scientists are engineering gene therapies, immunotherapies, and more.
Healing a broken heart
After a heart attack, the damage is permanent — for now. Researchers are testing innovative ways to get the heart to regenerate muscle cells and fix itself.
Decoding the molecular complexity of biologics
Biologics like monoclonal antibodies and mRNA vaccines are complex drugs. Yongchao Su uses biophysical tools and innovative strategies to understand them better.
Detecting exposure risk from gene therapy viral vectors
Researchers created an improved method for assays that detect viral vectors in a patient’s blood or urine. It’s used to ensure that bystanders will not be exposed.
After 70 years, a new class of drugs for schizophrenia
A new type of drug for schizophrenia could finally be approved in September. Others may not be far behind.
The optic nerve may help protect the brain from sickness
Researchers discovered an immunological connection between the eye and the brain that could lead to new therapeutics for central nervous system diseases.
Mimicking insect traits kills fungus
Insect wings contain micropillars that kill harmful microbes. Researchers designed a similar titanium surface to prevent fungal infections on medical devices.
Tracing Alzheimer’s disease back to development
By watching brain organoids develop, researchers observed surprising abnormalities caused by mutations in a gene related to early-onset Alzheimer’s disease.
