Biology

Study: Nutrient found in meat and dairy improves immune response to cancer 3D rendering of a large bumpy white cell with two small red cells attached to it, on a black background

Study: Nutrient found in meat and dairy improves immune response to cancer

For first time, scientists follow sodium and potassium inside cell organelles A scientist wearing white lab coat and purple gloves stands at a lab bench with a microscope holding a petri dish

For first time, scientists follow sodium and potassium inside cell organelles

Northwestern, UChicago to receive $50 million to study life sciences using mathematics From left: Profs. Margaret Gardel, Mary Silber, Rebecca Willett, and Stephanie Palmer

Northwestern, UChicago to receive $50 million to study life sciences using mathematics

NSF to establish $15.5M Center for Living Systems at the University of Chicago Two professors standing outside on a college campus on a sunny day smiling at camera

NSF to establish $15.5M Center for Living Systems at the University of Chicago

Transistor can adhere to internal organs like tape Ph.D. student Nan Li, first author of the new paper, holds up a sample of the adhesive transistor.

Transistor can adhere to internal organs like tape

UChicago researchers invent compact CRISPR systems to more easily edit genes Weixin Tang lab

UChicago researchers invent compact CRISPR systems to more easily edit genes

Researchers discover another step in how your cells assemble Microtubules

Researchers discover another step in how your cells assemble

Mycologist and evolutionary biologist is a fan of fungi Lichen Folmannia orthoclada growing on a rock

Mycologist and evolutionary biologist is a fan of fungi

UChicago to partner on new Chan Zuckerberg Initiative biomedical research hub CZ Biohub San Francisco Research Associate Shruthi Vijay Kumar works at the “zebrafish hotel” in the lab

UChicago to partner on new Chan Zuckerberg Initiative biomedical research hub

What “living drill bits” can teach us about evolution Lithophaga antillarum in bore hole

What “living drill bits” can teach us about evolution