New device is fast, inexpensive, and accurate, making it ideal for use in developing countries

The method of desiccation shows promise as an alternative to cryopreservation via liquid nitrogen.

Collaboration aims to facilitate transformational biomedical science and engineering research

Research finds that women with low carbohydrate intake are 30 percent more likely to have babies with neural tube defects, when compared with women who do not restrict their carbohydrate intake

Current cancer research focuses primarily on biochemical signaling, but bioelectric signals are another communication system that interacts with biochemical messenger

Seasonal flu vaccines must be updated each year to match the influenza viruses that are predicted to be most common during the upcoming flu season, but protection doesn't always meet expectations

Researchers found enriching the diet of mice with the fermentable fiber inulin prevented metabolic syndrome that is induced by a high-fat diet, and they identified specifically how this occurs in the body

Scientists have successfully used an inhibitor of the chemical 20-HETE to control the growth and spread of human glioblastomas and breast cancer in laboratory models

Coughing and sneezing not required for transmission

Columbia biomedical engineers design a new, biomaterials-based system that takes a soft approach to improving cell manufacturing and may bring new hope to cancer patients for T-cell therapy