Oncology & Cancer
Accelerating cancer treatments with the power of isotopes
Cancer is one of the most dreaded diagnoses most people can imagine receiving.
May 4, 2021
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Argonne National Laboratory
Medical research
Research lab plays pivotal role in new COVID-19 vaccine now in trials
Human clinical trials have begun on a new vaccine candidate that may protect against not only SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, but against at least two of the variants emerging around the world. The development ...
Apr 21, 2021
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Medical research
Why the lovable llama might be a secret weapon against COVID-19
As the fight against COVID-19 continues, scientists have turned to an unlikely source for a potentially effective treatment: tiny antibodies naturally generated by llamas.
Mar 9, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Seeing schizophrenia: X-rays shed light on neural differences, point toward treatment
Schizophrenia, a chronic, neurological brain disorder, affects millions of people around the world. It causes a fracture between a person's thoughts, feelings and behavior. Symptoms include delusions, hallucinations, difficulty ...
Feb 24, 2021
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Medical research
More than a decade of virus research at the APS laid the groundwork for more effective COVID-19 vaccines
There is light at the end of the COVID-19 pandemic tunnel. Several vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 are now in clinical trials, with one—developed by Pfizer/BioNTech—already having been approved ...
Dec 18, 2020
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Neuroscience
New material senses neurotransmitters in the brain
What happens when you bring three scientists of diverse disciplines together, and give them the resources of two of the country's top research facilities? In this case, they discover a new material that may help scientists ...
Oct 2, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers use ALCF resources to model the spread of COVID-19
With COVID-19 drastically altering daily life for people across the planet, the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has moved quickly to join the global fight against the pandemic. Among the laboratory's ...
May 28, 2020
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Medical research
Research of Ebola's molecular structures and interactions leads to new drug
The ability to examine how specific antibodies react with the Ebola virus has led to the development of a promising drug with far higher survival rates.
Dec 17, 2019
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Medications
Laboratory to join ATOM to transform drug discovery with AI
According to the National Cancer Institute, approximately 38 percent of men and women will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lives. The current process for drug discovery is slow and sequential, and often involves ...
Oct 1, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Predicting the risk of cancer with computational electrodynamics
Researchers from Northwestern University are using Argonne supercomputers to advance the development of an optical microscopy technique that can predict and quantify cancer risks at extremely early stages.
Aug 9, 2019
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