Health and Life Sciences News

• Discovery points to new approach to treating liver cancer - 12/4/2023
• Purdue engineer works to improve formulation of RNA-based pharmaceuticals - 11/1/2023
• Dry-surface foodborne pathogens under scrutiny at Purdue - 10/25/2023
• Purdue strengths in biotech manufacturing part of new federally designated Regional Technology and Innovation Hub won by the state of Indiana - 10/23/2023
• Purdue lipid biomarker panels perform real-time, point-of-care sample analysis in industrial and agricultural settings - 10/16/2023
• $1.1 million grant to fund research on molecular response of plants to environmental stress - 10/4/2023
• Purdue Global names new dean of School of Health Sciences - 9/29/2023
• Purdue developing field test to detect SARS-CoV-2 virus in dozens of host species - 9/20/2023
• First-in-class targeted microRNA therapy slows cancer tumor growth - 9/5/2023
• Gourmet or imitation? New technique ferrets out food fraud - 8/2/2023
• Decades of research have left knowledge gaps about cells that regulate the immune system: Purdue and NIH - 8/1/2023
• ‘Purdue Innovates’ launches one united IP commercialization and startup creation network - 4/20/2023
• Lack of canine COVID-19 data fuels persisting concerns over dog-human interactions - 3/20/2023
• National Institutes of Health grant funds interdisciplinary stem cell research - 2/23/2023
• New high-tech startup developing smart contact lenses for glaucoma diagnosis and management - 1/9/2023
• Improving prostate cancer relapse forecast by 14 months - 12/20/2022
• Imaging agent illuminates lung cancer tumors - 12/16/2022
• Comparative oncology research center at Purdue to be named for Evan and Sue Ann Werling - 12/14/2022
• Man’s best friend leads the way to early cancer detection - 11/21/2022
• Reflex medical device app used for studies on opiate withdrawal, military concussions - 11/9/2022
• New laser surface modification process with silver provides antimicrobial defense to titanium orthopedic devices - 10/11/2022
• Something’s in the air: It’s nanoplastic pollution - 10/6/2022
• Purdue University offering new online Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering - 10/6/2022
• Opioid overdose detection and response startup receives four-year, $2.8M Fast-Track SBIR grant from NIH - 10/6/2022
• Study: Specialized smart soft contact lenses can address global issue of glaucoma diagnosis, management - 10/3/2022
• What’s in a word? Identifying language disorders earlier can set children up for success - 9/27/2022
• Monon Bioventures receives nearly $400,000 to develop Purdue-discovered glioblastoma treatment - 9/22/2022
• Assessing global biodiversity with ears to the ground, NASA eyes in the sky - 9/15/2022
• The giant leap from lab to market: Purdue again among international leaders in patents received at No. 6 - 9/7/2022
• Looking beyond devices to address human longevity through biomedical engineering - 7/11/2022
• Gift to Purdue University establishes Institute for Advanced Manufacturing of Pharmaceuticals - 6/10/2022
• Pharmacy alumna and husband gift $6 million to name Purdue’s first-ever termed deanship - 6/10/2022
• An edible QR code takes a shot at fake whiskey - 6/6/2022
• Surprise $8.5 million estate gift will fund more than 40 years of cancer research - 6/6/2022
• Largest worldwide Tourette syndrome genetics and neuroimaging study also promises insight into related disorders - 5/11/2022
• Purdue researchers develop patent-pending IV injection treatment for sepsis - 4/25/2022
• Undergraduate students conduct hands-on research: Soil-dwelling bacteriophages may hold the future of medicine, honor President Daniels - 4/22/2022
• How do you test for equine asthma and heart disease using a remote horse slicker? Put the horse on a treadmill. - 4/4/2022
• Purdue University research instrumental in early development of FDA-approved advanced prostate cancer diagnostic and treatment - 3/28/2022
• Answers to faster recovery from a wildfire are in the water - 3/15/2022
• Purdue growing research and outreach to deliver on-the-ground health care solutions - 3/4/2022
• New plant-based compounds have been created to treat alcohol use disorder - 3/3/2022
• When veterinary and human sciences collaborate, cancer patients of all species benefit - 3/3/2022
• Small cyberphysical watermarks could prevent huge headaches caused by fake meds - 3/1/2022
• Independence Science receives NSF grant to develop Braille device for laboratory science students - 2/28/2022
• Award honors chemist for fight to beat cancer, save lives - 2/23/2022
• Life sciences company GeniPhys Inc. receives $974,349 NSF SBIR Phase II grant - 2/22/2022
• African swine fever risk assessment tool available: BioPorc-RD - 2/17/2022
• A horse slicker is just a horse slicker, of course, of course, unless it can monitor chronic disease - 2/2/2022