Tag: Cancer
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Zhen Xu Honored as a 2026 Recipient of the Sony Women in Technology Award with Nature
Dr. Xu was selected for her pioneering work as a co-inventor of the field of histotripsy.
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Collins Chimezie Receives Rackham International Fellowship
Award enables expanded focus on targeting bacterial toxins through probiotics, with the goal of reducing colorectal cancer and inflammatory bowel disease risk.
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Jiahe Li Lab Examines Breakthrough in Engineering Probiotic Defenses Against Early-Onset Colon Cancer
Dr. Li’s team has developed an engineered probiotic designed to neutralize genotoxic threats in the gut, shifting the focus from treatment to prevention in colon cancer research.
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Unlocking the Metabolic Code of Brain Cancer: U-M BME’s Deepak Nagrath on Groundbreaking Tumor Nutrition Research
The researchers achieved a scientific first: mapping the precise fate of glucose-derived carbon atoms in both tumor and neighboring healthy brain (cortex) tissue using advanced mass spectrometry and metabolic modeling.
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U-M Startup HistoSonics Announces $2.25B Acquisition by Consortium of Top-Tier Investors
The idea behind HistoSonics’ technology began decades ago at U-M in the Biomedical Engineering Department.
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Harnessing Gut Bacteria to Combat Cancer: Innovations in Tumor-Targeted Immunotherapy
A team of researchers has examined a promising new approach, which uses engineered non-pathogenic bacteria to enhance the body’s immune response against tumors.
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Deepak Nagrath Receives Rogel Scholar Award
Rogel Scholar Awards provide recognition and discretionary funds to support exceptional Rogel Cancer Center faculty members dedicated to the pursuit of research to advance understanding of the origins and behaviors of cancer.
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Jiahe Li Receives Swim Across America–Motor City Mile Grant
Dr. Li’s research focuses on the development of molecular and live cell-based therapeutics.
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Deepak Nagrath’s Lab Highlighted in Rogel Cancer Center’s “Illuminate” Magazine
Story highlights ways the tumor microenvironment communicates with and fuels cancer cells.
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Tracking radiation treatment in real time promises safer, more effective cancer therapy
The ability to accurately detect where X-rays land and in what dose could reduce the collateral damage from radiation therapy.