Medicine & Health

Lance Kam and Nadeen Chahine

Faculty & Staff

Lance Kam and Nadeen Chahine Elected to AIMBE College of Fellows

March 27, 2023

by Harry Kelso

A Circos plot representing the results of matched T-cell receptor sequencing

Research

Multimodal Sequencing Achieves High-Quality Results from Small Volumes of Frozen Tumor Specimens

January 24, 2023

by Holly Evarts

A diagram depicting emotional memory

Research

Why Do We Remember Emotional Events Better?

January 19, 2023

by Holly Evarts

Illustration of cationic nanomaterials targeting specific human fat depots

Research

Positively Charged Nanomaterials Treat Obesity Anywhere You Want

December 01, 2022

by Holly Evarts

Infrared heating of plasmonic nanoparticles facilitates multiplexed reverse transcriptase quantitative PCR for rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2

Research

New COVID-19 Rapid-test Technology Performs PCR Faster than Similar Tests on the Market

July 25, 2022

by Holly Evarts

Tissues cultured in the multi-organ chip

Research

Plug-and-Play Organ-on-a-Chip Can Be Customized to the Patient

April 27, 2022

by Holly Evarts

Flower petal electrodes

Research

Wireless, High-Speed, Low-Power Communications for Implantable Devices

April 06, 2022

MediSCAPE is a high-speed 3D microscope capable of capturing images of tissue structures that could guide surgeons to navigate tumors and their boundaries without needing to remove tissues and wait for pathology results.

Research

New Technology Could Make Biopsies a Thing of the Past

March 28, 2022

by Holly Evarts

Probiotic bacteria (E. coli Nissle 1917 strain, green) is engineered to controllably evade immune system (macrophage, transparent) using a genetically encoded encapsulation system (capsular polysaccharides with circuit board, shown as transparent coating surrounding the bacterial cells). This system was used to enhance delivery of therapeutic bacteria for cancer therapy. (Ella Marushchenko, Alex Tokarev, Danino Lab/Columbia Engineering)

Research

Engineering an “Invisible Cloak” for Bacteria to Deliver Cancer Drugs

March 17, 2022

Researchers from Columbia Engineering, Fiocruz’s Center for Technological Development in Health and the Oswaldo Cruz Institute in Brazil, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and Rockefeller University recently reported that, by combining inhibitors of polymerases and exonucleases--enzymes that allow SARS-CoV-2 to reproduce--they were able to reduce SARS-CoV-2 replication 10 times more than when using just the polymerase inhibitors.

Research

Novel Antiviral Drug Combinations Demonstrate COVID-19 Therapeutic Potential

March 04, 2022

by Holly Evarts

José L. McFaline-Figueroa

Faculty & Staff

José McFaline-Figueroa Wins NSF CAREER Award

March 03, 2022

by Holly Evarts

The SIFTER system being used

Campus

Cheaper, Faster, Safer Way to Screen Temperatures

February 22, 2022

by Holly Evarts