Melanoma Starts Evading Treatment Within Hours – Here’s How to Stop It
ISB researchers have uncovered a stealth survival strategy that melanoma cells use to evade targeted therapy, offering a promising new approach to improving treatment outcomes.
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Scientists Decode Diet From Stool DNA – No Questions Asked
ISB’s Gibbons Lab developed a breakthrough method that analyzes food-derived DNA in fecal metagenomes, allowing for data-driven diet tracking without the need for burdensome questionnaires.
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Microbes That Keep Ecosystems in Balance Can Fall Apart Easily, New Study Finds
Just-published research out of ISB shows the microbial teamwork behind denitrification can collapse in polluted environments, threatening ecosystem balance and resilience.
From ‘Genesis’ to Reality: Decoding the AI Revolution
Co-Author Craig Mundie and ISB’s Dr. Jim Heath discuss AI’s rapid evolution, ethical considerations, and potential to revolutionize science and society in a compelling Town Hall event.
Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Valerie Logan Hood
ISB is deeply saddened to share the passing of Valerie Logan Hood, beloved wife of ISB Co-founder and Professor Dr. Lee Hood. Her lifelong dedication to K-12 education helped create and shape ISB’s programs, and her influence will be felt for generations to come.
New Model Transforms Multiple Myeloma Risk Prediction
A team of researchers has developed a powerful new tool that could transform how doctors treat multiple myeloma, a complex and often unpredictable blood cancer.
ISB’s Sui Huang Challenges the Genetic Paradigm of Cancer in New Essay
Sui Huang challenges the prevailing view of cancer as purely genetic in a new essay published in PLOS Biology. Huang and colleagues suggest non-genetic factors and disrupted gene regulatory networks may play crucial roles in cancer development.
New Research Uncovers Hidden Rules of Immune Response
Scientists at the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) reveal how T cells “decide” their fate in fighting infections like COVID-19, paving the way for improved treatments for infections, cancer, and autoimmune diseases.