The future of health care

published January 26, 2012

ASU researchers are working to develop more personalized medical tests and treatments, and simultaneously lower the costs of health care.

Cloudy with a chance of cancer

published January 5, 2012

Using weather forecasting models, Arizona State University and arrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona researchers could predict brain tumor growth.

Moving toward an Ebola vaccine

published December 12, 2011

An ASU researcher takes ground in the battle against one of the deadliest naturally occurring pathogens on earth, Ebola.

The brain on drugs

published October 21, 2011

Profile of Janet Neisewander.

Dollars for diseases: where do they come from?

published July 11, 2011

Finding funding to research some diseases can be more difficult than for others. An ASU grad looked at which diseases received favorable attention and why.

Stillbirths: the invisible public health problem

published April 25, 2011

An ASU professor in the School of Social Work is pushing for research to better understand stillbirths - why they occur, and how to prevent them.

Meet, greet or retreat during flu epidemics?

published April 11, 2011

When it comes to spreading disease, there is more to the story than just germs. ASU researchers are looking at how behavior change can affect disease outbreaks.

More sensitive glucose sensors for diabetics

published March 24, 2011

An ASU-Mayo Clinic team are working on a new device that holds promise of making blood glucose testing easier.

Know your enemy: Conceptualizing cancer

published February 14, 2011

Looking at cancer in a new way--as a highly efficient, evolved response to stress--may help us get a better understanding of the disease and ways to treat it.

Shutting down the assembly line

published January 27, 2011

Researchers at ASU's Biodesign Institute are studying the intricate formation of coronaviruses – a process known as viral assembly. They may offer fresh insight leading to a new generation of antiviral agents that can disrupt these viruses' ability to assemble viable infectious particles.

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