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Engineer develops model to predict behavior of cell clusters

Mechanical engineer Amit Pathak discovered that a cell-transitioning process implicated in tumor metastasis is influenced by the mechanics of the cells’ environment. The finding has the potential to make cancer “substantially less deadly,” he said.

Researchers launch first clinical trial for Wolfram syndrome

Researchers at the School of Medicine are launching a new clinical trial to assess the safety of a drug treatment for patients with the rare disease Wolfram syndrome.

The latest from Ultra-Condensed Science: hunter/gatherer society

It has been fashionable to say that hunter/gatherers lived better than we do, with more free time and more natural sleep cycles. But is our view right? Tristram R. Kidder, of Arts & Sciences, explains.