First Woman in the World Cured of HIV
After receiving a stem cell transplant involving umbilical cord blood, an American, mixed-race patient has become the first woman and third person ever to be cured of HIV. In June…
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Heart Research Advancement: Biohybrid Fish Made from Human Stem Cells
Harvard University and Emory University recently collaborated to create the first biohybrid fish from human cardiac cells. This fully autonomous, artificial fish appears to swim, mimicking biophysical characteristics of a…
Historic First: Pig-to-Human Heart Transplant
On January 7, 2022, surgeons at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) successfully transplanted a genetically altered pig heart into David Bennett, an adult patient with end-stage cardiac disease…
Joint Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Awarded for Nervous System Research
On October 4th, the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was jointly awarded to Dr. David Julius and Dr. Ardem Patapoutian. According to the Nobel Assembly, which consists of…
Projects of IMSAloquium: The Effects of High Cholesterol and Obesity on Wound Healing
Not long after the break of dawn every Wednesday, IMSA students board the bus to Chicago for their SIR project. Four of them — Daniel Chen (’19), Joanna Lee (’19),…