Through groundbreaking exploration in screening, prevention, and treatment, UT Arlington researchers work to improve the survival rate of the nation's No. 2 killer. Initiatives include creating a high-resolution imaging system to detect cancers in deep tissue and devising bone marrow-mimicking traps to attract wayward cells.
Chemotherapy and radiation therapy have long been the most aggressive treatments available in the fight against cancer. Research in the Bioengineering Department may soon help these treatments become more effective in killing cancer at its roots.
Samir Iqbal knew that if he could create uniform artificial nanopores made of silicon, he could more accurately and more quickly record how those nanopores changed when blood samples were run through them.
Capturing clearer pictures of cancer in deep tissue is crucial to battling deadly tumors.
In cancer care, what works for one person may not work for another.
Almost half the men and one-third of the women in the United States will develop some form of cancer, according to the National Cancer Institute. Bioengineering Professor Liping Tang is trying to improve those statistics.
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