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  1. James Moon Lab, University of Michigan College of Pharmacy. Image credit: Michigan Photography

    Building a better nanoparticle for cancer treatment

  2. A tiny, green cone of light fans out from the tip of a syringe. An electrode clamp is attached near the base of the needle.

    Nanoparticles genetically modify several human cell types

  3. Portraits of two women.

    Medical and materials innovations of two women engineers recognized by Sony and Nature

  4. In a lab coat, gloves, and safety glasses, Kumari leans over the lab bench, holding a syringe. The chip is about one inch wide, three inches long, and a quarter of an inch tall.

    Blood analysis shows whether brain cancer treatment is working

  5. A field has been planted with rows of corn and soybeans, as well as smaller cover crops.

    ‘We know how to do better’: Agriculture, water quality and cancer rates in the US

  6. The labyrinth chip could one day help doctors look for aggressive, stem-like cancer cells in patient blood. Image credit: Joseph Xu, Michigan Engineering

    Capturing cancer cells from blood could help doctors choose the right breast cancer treatment

  7. A clear petri dish contains a clear liquid and a small mouse skin sample. Black tweezers pull a gray silicone square with tiny needles on one side off the skin sample.

    At-home melanoma testing with skin patch test

  8. Concept illustration of an adult cancer survivor suffering from depression. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    Cancer during young adulthood carries long-term mental toll

  9. Zhen Xu, professor of biomedical engineering at the College of Engineering and professor of radiology and neurosurgery at the Medical School and Robert Bartlett, professor emeritus of surgery at the Medical School

    2 U-M faculty members elected to National Academy of Inventors as recognition for their innovation

  10. Networks of proteins thread across the gray-scale image. Each thread is coated in gray and black rods, like candy on a Nerds rope, and each rod is about 20 nanometers long and 10 nanometers wide.

    Precision health and advanced communications: €9M ($10M) for bio-inspired nanoparticles on demand

  11. A ridged, rectangular, plastic piece labeled “polymer package” propped up against the tip of a standard pencil, about the same size. An arrow points to “sensor”: four small, film-like rectangles positioned at the plastic piece’s four corners. An inset shows the film-like sensor on a penny, less than half its diameter.

    Cancer management: Stent sensor can warn of blockages in the bile duct

  12. Graphic of a 200 nanometer hexagon with rounded corners. Every other corner has a channel from the edge to the center where a cavity recesses into the shape. The channels are slightly twisted clockwise, resembling a pinwheel.

    Faster, more sensitive lung cancer detection from a blood draw

  13. Cancer patients benefit from therapy that changes negative thoughts, behavior

  14. Fig. 1 - The new protein fold from AhyBURP is found in the roots of the peanut plant. The protein uses copper and oxygen to form cyclic peptides. We can investigate how this chemistry occurs more thoroughly now that we know what the protein structure looks like. Image courtesy: Lisa Mydy

    Discovery of new plant protein fold may be seed for anti-cancer drugs

  15. he treatment head of the Edison Platform, designed for delivering histotripsy treatment. Image credit: Erica Bass, Rogel Cancer Center, Michigan Medicine

    Tumor-destroying sound waves receive FDA approval for liver treatment in humans

  16. Illustration of a doctor and patient. Image courtesy: IHPI

    Should older adults with fewer years to live keep getting cancer screenings? U-M poll explores attitudes

  17. Concept illustration of aspartame. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    Aspartame and cancer: A toxicologist’s take

  18. Concept illustration of body chemistry. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    Chemical imaging could help predict efficacy of radiation therapy for an individual cancer patient

  19. Experimental setup for U-M’s iRAI system (metal box on left) using a lard "phantom" (cylinder at center) that approximates the human body. Image credit: U-M Optical Imaging Laboratory

    Tracking radiation treatment in real time promises safer, more effective cancer therapy

  20. Biotechnology and molecular engineering. 3D illustration, science and technology concept of genetic manipulation. Image credit: iStock

    Missing pathway in lysosome underlies newly discovered human disease