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Research

Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ professor Hanbin Mao (middle) co-authored a paper with graduate students Sagun Jonchhe (left) and Prakash Shrestha (right) on the genetic factors influencing the formation of cancer cells.

According to the American Cancer Society, there will be an estimated 1,688,780 new cancer cases diagnosed and 600,920 cancer deaths in the U.S. in 2017. These numbers are stark and sobering, and worse yet, we still do not know exactly why cancer develops in its victims or how to stop it. An online publication in Nature Nanotechnology this week by Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University researchers and their colleagues at Kyoto University in Japan, however, may offer new understanding about what turns good cells bad.

Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ Professor voices concerns about budget cuts to environmental research.

Associate Geology Professor Anne Jefferson voices concern over proposed cuts to environmental research.

Gemma Casadesus Smith, an associate professor in Á½ÐÔÉ«Îçҹ’s Department of Biological Sciences, has been awarded a five-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health.

Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹'s Gemma Casadesus Smith is studying why women are more likely to develop Alzheimer's. 

Gemma Casadesus Smith, an associate professor in Á½ÐÔÉ«Îçҹ’s Department of Biological Sciences, has been awarded a five-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health.

Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹'s Gemma Casadesus Smith is studying why women are more likely to develop Alzheimer's. 

Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ Uses Geospatial Technology to Map Violence

Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University researchers use geospatial technology to study youth violence in Akron, Ohio.