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ACE visits Elementary School Science Club In fall 2018, our team from ACE spent 4 days working with young children at Kyrene del Cielo Elementary School in Chandler, Arizona in their lunchtime science club ‘The DISCOVERoom’. We explained the variety and...
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The first two of our undergraduate interns started working with our project this fall and we are delighted to welcome them! They are based at UCSB, working primarily with Amy Boddy and mentored by Valerie Harris. We’ll be letting you know how they and the other...
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Part 1 The traditional chemotherapy approach to treating cancer kills healthy cells as well as cancer cells. That is why it can be such an ordeal for the patient. Some researchers say a new approach is needed. One idea is using cellular electrical signals…Find...
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boredomresearch (aka Vicky Isley and Paul Smith) have been commissioned to create a new artwork, a digital visualization of cancer. This new work is scheduled to be shown at the CDC Gallery in Washington D.C., and major teaching hospitals around the country amongst...
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By Brett Milano, Harvard Correspondent Cancer, with us since the dawn of cellular life, is a companion we may never be rid of, says Arizona State University evolutionary biologist Athena Aktipis. But a fresh look at the disease could bring new strategies for managing...
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By Pauline Davies Michael Metzger and his colleagues have observed the widespread transmission of cancer within a species of bivalve or soft-shell clam. The cancer is spread in sea water and can wipe out whole populations. One cancer detected in a Pacific species was...
