A research team led by scientists at The University of Texas Austin has engineered an enzyme that safely treats prostate and breast cancer in animals and also lengthens the lifespan of models that develop chronic lymphocytic leukemia. The new treatment and results from preclinical trials are described in a paper published in the Nov. 21 issue of Nature Medicine.

https://news.utexas.edu/2016/12/09/enzyme-starves-cancer-cells

Congratulations to Dr. Daechan Park who has accepted a position at KIST (Korea Institute of Science and Technology)!

Congratulations to Ahlam Qerqez who has been accepted to the graduate program at UT Austin in the Chemical Engineering Department. Ahlam will join alum Jennifer Maynard’s lab. https://sites.google.com/site/maynardlabatut/Home

Congratulations to alum Dr. Navin Varadarajan on being promoted to Associate Professor at University of Houston! http://singlecell.chee.uh.edu/