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New antibiotic kills pathogenic bacteria, spares healthy gut microbes
Diana Yates
Researchers have developed a new antibiotic that reduced or eliminated drug-resistant bacterial infections in mouse models of acute pneumonia and sepsis while…
Full STEAM ahead for science! Another year of STEAM TRAIN comes to completion
Shelby Lawson
What do marine ecosystems, worm regeneration, and a soccer-themed video game have in common? On the surface, perhaps nothing, but these are some of the fascinating projects…
Gabriel Graham selected for the 2024 Tracy Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Ananya Sen
The Mark Tracy Undergraduate Translational Research Fellowship provides undergraduate students from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign the opportunity to participate…
Why do Dyeing poison frogs tap dance?
Ananya Sen
The toe tapping behavior of various amphibians has long attracted attention from researchers and pet owners. Despite being widely documented, the underlying functional role is…
Researchers find unique adaptations of fungus associated with bee bread
Ananya Sen
The past attempts of honey bee researchers to inventory the fungal diversity in honey bee colonies revealed that Aspergillus flavus is frequently found in hives. In a new study…
By listening, scientists learn how a protein folds
Diana Yates
By converting their data into sounds, scientists discovered how hydrogen bonds contribute to the lightning-fast gyrations that transform a string of amino acids into a…
DOD Funding Awarded to Pursue Kidney Cancer Immunotherapy
Jonathan King
Hua Wang (RBTE) and Rohit Bhargava (CGD) in collaboration with clinical partners Dr. Kanishka Sircar and Dr. Jose Karam at MD Anderson, received a four-year, $1.1 million grant…
‘Drug Depot’: A Novel Technology for Prevention of Post-Surgical Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Recurrence
Jonathan King
Hua Wang (RBTE), professor of materials science and engineering, published new research in Materials Today Bio demonstrating the development of a novel technology to prevent…
IGB researchers awe Congress leaders with iBioFAB
Ananya Sen
The Computing Research Association, in collaboration with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and Carnegie Mellon University, hosted Members of Congress and…
Researchers enhance efficiency of CRISPR-Cas12a system using base Z
Shelby Lawson
CRISPR, (short for “clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats”), is a groundbreaking gene-editing tool that empowers scientists to finely manipulate DNA,…
Tina Barbasch
Shelby Lawson
Decoding decisions of parental stickleback fish
Growing up in upstate New York, Tina Barbasch spent countless hours catching salamanders and frogs in her backyard woods…
Nerves prompt muscle to release factors that boost brain health
Liz Ahlberg Touchstone
Exercise prompts muscles to release molecular cargo that boosts brain cell function and connection, but the process is not well understood. New research from the…
