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University of Virginia researcher Eyleen Jorgelina O’Rourke, PhD, and her team have been seeking to identify the mechanisms driving healthy aging and longevity. CREDIT Dan Addison | UVA Communications
Scientists Discover New Approach to Delay Aging by Detoxifying Harmful By-Products of Fat
Tissues cultured in the multi-organ chip (from left to right: skin, heart, bone, liver, and endothelial barrier) maintained their tissue-specific structure and function after being linked by vascular flow. Photo credit: Kacey Ronaldson-Bouchard/Columbia Engineering
Customized to the patient: Novel plug-and-play organ on a chip
The feasibility of using oceans to remove carbon from the air at scale
A new COVID-19 vaccine could provide protection against existing and future strains of COVID-19 and other coronaviruses
A very different way to potentially head off heart attacks and strokes
A major milestone toward global clean energy
Could obesity be treated with a newly developed “fat burning” molecule?
Focused ultrasound opens the natural “blood-brain barrier” to perform the impossible
A new artificial pancreas system automatically monitors and regulates blood glucose levels
Opening up the possibility of commercializing inexpensive electronic devices based on a variety of 2-D materials
Smart materials and smart fabrics that can regulate their own thermal properties
New research suggests the microbiome determines autism risk
Could aging be reversed by removing wrinkles INSIDE our cells?
A Switch That Could Shut Down Inflammation
A way to stop macular degeneration?