A breast cancer clinical trial relies on a hydrodynamic maze to capture cancer stem cells from patient blood.

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Scar tissue left over from heart attacks creates dead zones that don’t beat. Bioengineered patches could fix that.

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A nanoparticle-assisted optical imaging technique could one day read the chemical makeup of a tumor.

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U-M researchers Nicholas Kotov and J. Scott VanEpps are collaborating to create a new class of antibiotics known as nanobiotics.

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The national magazine recognized Jenna Wiens as one of 2017’s 35 Innovators Under 35.

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The method advanced by U-M cell biologists and engineers could aid the understanding of infertility and more.

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By developing a fast algorithm to map out the paths light takes through yogurt, researchers aim to someday see through skin.

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Michigan engineers release individual cells from a specially-designed chip using laser pulses.

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New, statistically-derived guidelines could potentially save millions of prostate patients from painful and invasive follow-up treatments.

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