‘Drug factory’ implants eliminate mesothelioma tumors in mice
August 22, 2022
Rice and Baylor researchers have used Rice’s “drug factory” implants to eradicate advanced-stage mesothelioma tumors in mice.
Rice, Baylor developing implants to heal heart attack injuries
August 8, 2022
Rice and Baylor College of Medicine are creating tiny implants that can heal damage from heart attacks.
Rice lab’s ‘drug factory’ implants cleared for human trials
August 3, 2022
Federal regulators have approved the first human clinical trial of cancer-killing “drug factory” implants created by Rice bioengineers.
Ken Kennedy Institute will host AI in Health Conference Nov. 7-9
July 31, 2022
Rice's Ken Kennedy Institute is organizing and hosting the AI in Health Conference Nov. 7-9 at the BioScience Research Collaborative.
Researchers discover new leukemia-killing compounds
June 30, 2022
Researchers from Rice and MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered potential new drugs for treating leukemia.
Rep. Dan Crenshaw hosts health care summit
April 25, 2022
Neuroengineer Jacob Robinson discussed research at U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw’s fourth annual health care summit at Rice.
Rice trains postdocs for nano-cancer future
April 22, 2022
The National Institutes of Health extend a grant to help future medical professionals understand nanotechnology-enabled tools to treat cancer.
Blood vessels are guides for stimulating implants
March 31, 2022
A wireless neurostimulator a little bigger than a grain of rice can be put in place alongside blood vessels to treat neurological diseases and chronic pain.
Rice, Houston Methodist launch Center for Human Performance
March 14, 2022
Rice and Houston Methodist are creating a center to advance research and education in human performance.
March 7, 2022
A Ph.D. dissertation doesn’t always have to be a paper, as demonstrated by ethnomusicologist Julian Saporiti
Bio-FlatScope dives deep for useful data
March 3, 2022
The lensless Bio-FlatScope is a small, inexpensive camera to monitor biological activity that can’t be captured by conventional instruments. The device could eventually be used to look for signs of cancer or sepsis or become a valuable endoscopy tool.
‘Drug factory’ implants eliminate ovarian, colorectal cancer in mice
March 2, 2022
Rice bioengineers have created tiny implants that activate immune cells to destroy cancer.
Xue Sherry Gao wins CAREER Award
February 21, 2022
Rice engineer Xue Sherry Gao has won a prestigious NSF CAREER Award to create versatile new toolkits for controlling gene expression.
Marcia O’Malley named AIMBE fellow
February 21, 2022
Rice mechanical engineer Marcia O’Malley has been named an AIMBE fellow in recognition of her contributions to rehabilitation robotics, haptics and robotic surgery.
NEST360 wins 2021 Innovating for Impact Partnership Award
December 8, 2021
NEST360, an international alliance with roots at Rice University’s Rice 360º Institute for Global Health, has won the Global Health Technologies Coalition 2021 Innovating for Impact Partnership Award for its efforts to end preventable newborn deaths in African hospitals.