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Joints that could heal themselves? Researchers could get there in five years
The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) granted $39 million to a CU Boulder-led team, including Professor Stephanie J. Bryant of chemical and biological engineering, to pioneer a single-shot joint treatment, that would stop cartilage and bone from erosion and promote regrowth. Read more
Jerome Fox elevated to senior member of prestigious National Academy of Inventors
Jerome Fox, an associate professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, has been named a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Fox's research focuses on engineering microbes for drug discovery. He founded Think Bioscience, a company developing medicines for conditions like Rett Syndrome and cancer. Read more
Researchers take major step toward developing next-generation solar cells
In a new paper published February 26 in the journal Nature Energy, Michael McGehee, a professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and his international collaborators unveiled an innovative method to manufacture the new solar cells, known as perovskite cells, an achievement critical for the commercialization of what many consider the next generation of solar technology. Read more