AAU universities conduct a majority of the federally funded university research that contributes to our economic competitiveness, health and well-being, and national security. AAU universities are growing our economy through invention and innovation while preparing the next generation of scientists and engineers for global leadership. By moving research into the marketplace AAU universities are helping to create jobs, and provide society with new medicines and technologies.
A study by researchers at Duke University School of Medicine found that supplying healthy mitochrondra to damaged nerve cells can signifantly help millions managing pain from diabetic neuropathy and chemotherapy.
Researchers from the USF College of Marine Science are studying soft tissue samples from barnacles, oysters, and fish to better understand the state of contamination and its origins in Tampa Bay, Florida's largest estuary.
The advancement lays the groundwork for creating a library of sugar-recognizing proteins that may help detect and treat diverse illnesses.
The olfactory senses of ants help them hunt, detect outsiders, and know their role within a colony. In a new study, researchers have discovered how ants can switch one gene on out of hundreds to ensure their survival.
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CU Boulder researchers have developed a new approach to designing more sustainable buildings using bacteria to develop building materials that live and multiply
Making great-tasting espresso shot after shot is within grasp, thanks to new findings by an international team of scientists that includes University of Oregon.
An effort at Stanford University to thwart viral diseases like hepatitis or the common cold led to a new collaboration and a novel class of cancer drugs that appears effective in mice.
In the largest study of its kind to date, Stanford University researchers have shown that women related to a patient with a breast cancer caused by a hereditary mutation — but who don’t have the mutation themselves — have no higher risk of getting cancer than relatives of patients with other types of breast cancer.
Some breast cancers return decades later. Now, a researcher at Stanford University, joined by collaborators at several other institutions, has subcategorized tumors to predict recurrence, guide treatment decisions and improve drug development.