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Levels of a key type of immune cell are higher in head and neck cancer patients whose tumors are linked to the human papillomavirus, or HPV, according to researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.

The finding suggests a way to predict which tumors are most likely to respond to chemotherapy and radiation and allow doctors to choose the best treatment option up front.

West Michigan and Michigan State University have become the new home for a $6.8 million Center for Women's Health and Reproduction Research, thanks to the collaborative efforts of MSU, Spectrum Health and the Van Andel Institute.

Scientists at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit presented a poster at the American Association for Cancer Research’s 101st Annual Meeting 2010 that details their novel study of molecules that use a tumor’s acidic microenvironment to help them tailor chemotherapeutic agents to kill the tumor.

Heating and squishing microalgae in a pressure-cooker can fast-forward the crude-oil-making process from millennia to minutes.

University of Michigan professors are working to understand and improve this procedure in an effort to speed up development of affordable biofuels that could replace fossil fuels and power today's engines.

They are also examining the possibility of other new fuel sources such as E. coli bacteria that would feed on waste products from previous bio-oil batches.

As a way to simplify lab-on-a-chip devices that could offer quicker, cheaper and more portable medical tests, University of Michigan researchers have created microfluidic integrated circuits.

Just as electronic circuits intelligently route the flow of electricity on computer chips without external controls, these microfluidic circuits regulate the flow of fluid through their devices without instructions from outside systems.

A paper on the technology is newly published online in Nature Physics.

Suppressing an enzyme that promotes tumor growth is the goal of a $1.3 million study led by Wayne State researcher Patrick M. Woster, Ph.D., professor of pharmaceutical sciences in the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and resident of Canton, Mich.

Chemical & Engineering News recently released a survey of the number of women chemistry professors at the top 50 universities identified as having spent the most money on chemical research reported by the National Science Foundation R&D expenditures report.

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NIH Grant Supports Research of Nanoemulsion-based Vaccine for Patients Previously Infected

Asterand, a leading global supplier of human tissue and human tissue-based research services to pharmaceutical companies engaged in drug discovery and development, announces the successful conclusion of its first annual Human Tissue Research Conference entitled “Understanding Cancer Through Human Tissue-based Models.” Held in Washington DC, on April 14-15, the conference directly preceded the 101st Annual Meeting of the American Association of Cancer Researchers.