Tools & Techniques

Tools & Techniques Imaging

Image of the Month Online

| Charlotte Barker

MIT scientists have developed a new super-resolution imaging technique

Tools & Techniques Cancer

The PDAC Key

| Michael Schubert

Pancreatic cancer cells don’t seem to rely on EMT for metastasis – but it plays a key role in their ability to resist our best chemotherapy options

Tools & Techniques Cancer

Tracking the Transition

| Dingcheng Gao

A triple-transgenic mouse model allows researchers to trace the lineage of EMT tumor cells, and reveals the transition’s surprising lack of significance in metastasis

Tools & Techniques Cancer

Proceed With Caution

| Shyamala Maheswaran

Two recent studies on EMT may revise the field’s understanding of the process – but it’s important to keep in mind the limitations.

Tools & Techniques Cancer

Cells on the (Invasion) Front Lines

| Michael Schubert

Long thought to be a key component of the metastatic process, researchers are now questioning long-held beliefs on the role of the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition.

Tools & Techniques Animal models

Lost in Translation?

| Pascal Sanchez, Steve Finkbeiner, Kate Possin

Scientists from opposite ends of the translational spectrum have teamed up to help solve a pressing problem in Alzheimer’s research. By creating a human equivalent to the water mazes used in rodent studies, they hope to allow easier comparison of data from animal and human studies.

Tools & Techniques Public health

On the Spot Diagnosis

| Laura Lechuga

Mobile devices promise a new future of point-of-care diagnostics for all

Tools & Techniques Omics

Riding a New Wave of Translation

| Valeria Ossovskaya

Is the overwhelming focus on genomics and transcriptomics in translational science really the best way to help patients?

Tools & Techniques Animal models

One Step Forward...

| William Aryitey

Stem cells restore function to damaged spinal cords in rats

Tools & Techniques Neuroscience

Shocking New Therapy

| William Aryitey

The road to recovery for victims of stroke can be arduous and involve relearning basic skills and activities.

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