Scientists at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research have developed an unusual line of human cells they have used to explore which genes help disease pathogens such as viruses and bacteria do their dirty work. ...more

December 10, 2009

TALLAHASSEE -- Advanced computer power is helping a Florida State University researcher assess the cancer-fighting abilities of a new class of drugs. Kevin C. Chen, an assistant professor of chemical and biomedical engineering at the Florida A&M University-Florida State University College of Engineering, is using computational analysis to determine how substances known as recombinant immunotoxins can best be modified in order to attack and kill malignant tumors while doing minimal harm to a patient's healthy cells. ...more

July 9, 2008