Highlights
Stress-Amplifying Protein Linked to Diabetes
Dr. Feroz Papa, an associate professor of medicine at the University of California San Francisco and NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award recipient discovers a molecule amplifying stress in the earliest stages of diabetes.
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Learn more about Dr. Papa’s New Innovator Award here
Acoustic Tweezers: Touchless Trapping and Manipulation
Dr. Tony Jun Huang, an associate professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Penn State University, and a 2010 New Innovator Awardee, developed a device that is the first technology capable of manipulating objects including living materials, such as blood cells and small organisms, using sound waves.
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New material holds promise for drug delivery, medical implants
Dr. Adah Almutairi, a 2009 NIH Director’s New Innovator awardee, and colleagues at the University of California San Diego, have developed a new type of “smart” polymeric material that may have widespread medical and biological applications.
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Location, location, location: Scientists uncover new information about brain stem cell environment
The adult mammalian brain contains several specialized areas where stem cells capable of producing new neurons reside. Dr. Chay Kuo, an NIH Director’s New Innovator Award recipient, has identified key components of one such specialized area, or niche, that is critical for the production of new neurons.
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