Last week, UMBC's Rachel Brewster's lab announced that NIH awarded them a two-year Exploratory Research Award to continue work on improving the preservation of organs for transplant. UMBC continues to be on the cutting edge of life-saving research.
This week, we take a look at the DNA hunt for cancer to figure out what's causing a large uptick in the variability of cancer rates and types around the world. We also take a look at a future split-internet, growing plants using seawater, and strange behaviors in the Arctic lakes.