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AI-human task-sharing could cut mammography screening costs by up to 30%
Phil Ciciora
The most effective way to harness the power of artificial intelligence when screening for breast cancer may be through collaboration with human radiologists — not by wholesale…
Harnessing generative AI to expand the mitochondrial targeting toolkit
Katie Brady
The mitochondrion, often referred to as the powerhouse of the cell, plays critical roles in cellular function, making it a prime organelle to target for fundamental studies,…
Genomic survey uncovers evolutionary origins of secretoglobins
Katie Brady
At a conference in Washington D.C. in 2000, the secretoglobin super family of proteins was named to classify proteins with structural similarities to its founding member…
How baby pigs are shaping science
Sydney Friedman
When piglets don’t get enough milk in the first weeks of life, the chances of them thriving dramatically decline. In the U.S. pork production system, piglets with limited…
Illinois research shows benefits of prairie grass for sustainable aviation fuel
Lauren Quinn
Switchgrass has gripped Midwestern soils for millions of years, but soon, the earthbound prairie grass could fly. New studies from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign…
Four Illinois faculty members elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Thomas Bruch
Four faculty members from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, including one from IGB, have been newly elected as members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,…
New approach makes AI adaptable for computer vision in crop breeding
Diana Yates
Scientists developed a machine-learning tool that can teach itself, with minimal external guidance, to differentiate between aerial images of flowering and nonflowering grasses…
Researchers Discover a New Type of Biomaterial for Drug Delivery in Cancer Treatment
Florence Lin
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are small particles secreted by cells, which inherit molecules from the parent cell. They have shown promise for the treatment of different…
DNA origami guides new possibilities in the fight against pancreatic cancer
Lois Yoksoulian
One of the challenges of fighting pancreatic cancer is finding ways to penetrate the organ’s dense tissue to define the margins between malignant and normal tissue. A new study…
