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Cell therapies hold incredible promise for treating diseases that have long been considered incurable — but they also face a litany of challenges that must be addressed before these treatments can become more broadly used in mainstream medicine. Read More

In today’s battery research laboratories, “the valley of death” is alive and well. Battery R&D focuses on many different aspects—the supply chain, next-generation technologies, modification of materials, design optimization at the cell and pack level... Read More

Teaching laboratories don’t always have the biggest budgets to work with, in the first place. Add in today’s extreme funding cuts impacting academic labs, and you’ll find some frustrated lab managers trying to stretch dollars. Read More

Publishing, especially in an open-access journal, allows others to find your work, build upon your findings, and ultimately push the field forward for the greater good. Read More

Despite decades of progress in diagnostic innovation, allergy remains one of the most under-tested and under-treated chronic health conditions in the world. Read More

We need to be able to gain deeper insights to better understand and, therefore, fight against potentially dangerous microbes. It’s important to prioritize technological and diagnostic improvements in order to fully enter a new era of microbiology. Read More

Advances in blood-based diagnostics, including liquid biopsy and the analysis of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and, more recently, circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA), have transformed cancer research. Read More