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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To stave off a concussion, your head’s position is more important than whether you are tensing your neck, according to new research.
The gene editing technology CRISPR has prompted both breathless predictions of medical breakthroughs and warnings of the apocalypse. Dr. Greg Licholai, a biotech entrepreneur and a lecturer at Yale explains CRISPR’s potential and dangers.
USC researchers have designed a virtual reality tool that could increase the efficiency of brain scan analysis.
A new, comprehensive survey led by USC scientists shows the Southern California coast harbors some of the world’s highest concentrations of an algal toxin dangerous to wildlife and people who eat local seafood.
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a gene therapy that treats a form of retinitis pigmentosa, a disease that progressively robs people of their night and peripheral vision before blindness develops.