Research Stories
Once Bitten, Twice Shy: A New Attempt to Prevent Lyme Disease
What's the back story regarding a failed attempt to prevent Lyme disease? Given the great number of Americans at risk, the public deserves better.
A Specialized Diet A Day Keeps Inflammation at Bay
A lab at Yale is using a fat-based diet to treat painful inflammation in patients whose immune system has gone awry.
How Creepy-Crawly Maggots Could Someday Save Your Limb
Every 30 seconds, a lower limb is amputated somewhere in the world with 84% of these amputations caused by diabetic foot ulcers (DFU)s. To improve current treatment methods for DFUs, a team of researchers headed by Dr. Max Scott is genetically engineering maggots. These eat away at your skin to save your limbs!
Using Algae to Manufacture a Malaria Vaccine
Malaria is a deadly disease transmitted by mosquitoes carrying the plasmodium parasite. To prevent the parasite from infecting mosquitoes, researchers at the University of California- San Diego look to a special toxic substance. Despite its rarity, scientists have shown that algae can be used as a mini-factory to produce the substance in large quantities.
BREAKING: Cells Mutiny after Communicating with Cancer
Every story has its good and bad guys. But what if you can no longer tell the difference, a situation that occurs when cancer cells force the body's immune cells into mutiny. Essentially, cells that are supposed to protect you from disease turn on you and support cancer.
Could there be a happy ending to this tragic tale of mutiny? Find out more on cSw.
Constricting Diabetes Using Python Plasma
Burmese pythons and other similar reptiles can go many months between meals, longer than most other organisms. We know what you’re thinking -- how?
Using hormonal secretions that could give us insight into treating diabetes.
Better Matchmaking Redefines Rules of Organ Compatibility
Organ transplants are lifesaving, but are sometimes rejected due to mismatched antibodies. Enter Dr. Prakash Rao of the NJ Sharing Network, who is developing tests to create better matches between patients and transplant organs.
Immunoengineering a Better Cancer Treatment
BREAKING: Cancer treatment doesn’t have to be harmful to the body. A team at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University has engineered the immune system to fight cancer cells directly.
Alligator Pie: A Secret Recipe to Fight Infection?
“Alligator pie, alligator pie, If I don't get some I think I'm gonna die.” Sound far-fetched? Based on new research from George Mason University, this rhyme from Dennis Lee's children's book, "Alligator Pie," may not be so far from the truth. Learn how the American alligator is fighting infection, one peptide at a time.
From Science Fair to Better Wound Care: An Interview with GSF Award Winner Anushka Naiknaware
As the thirteen-year-old recipient of the LEGO Education Builder Award at the 2016 Global Google Science Fair, Anushka Naiknaware is already changing the world. An 8th-grader at Stoller Middle School in Oregon, Anushka created a printable biosensor for wound dressings to cut down recovery time and prevent complications. Check out cSw's interview with this amazing young scientist!