Genes borrowed from a spider turned Peter Parker into Spiderman. If scientists can use archaea—tiny organisms similar to bacteria—as a source of useful genes for humans, might it help prevent Read More
A West Virginia University School of Pharmacy student who spent most of her high school years in outpatient chemotherapy treatments was inspired to pursue her degree because her doctor explained to her Read More
One West Virginia University chemical engineer is tapping into artificial intelligence to prolong the lives of power plant boilers. Debangsu Bhattacharyya, GE Plastics Material Engineering Professor of chemical and biomedical engineering, received a Read More
Females are less susceptible to infection but are 10 times more likely than males to develop an autoimmune disorder, such as hypothyroidism or rheumatoid arthritis. The female immune system is Read More
About 70 percent of the human genome doesn’t code for anything. When it’s transcribed to RNA—the instructions our cells follow when they make proteins—most of the message doesn’t contain any Read More