Could beneficial bacteria help prevent the body from absorbing lead? With new funding from the National Institutes of Health, WPI researcher Natalie Farny is exploring that question by putting harmless bacteria to work in an unexpected place: the digestive tract of tiny C. elegans worms.

One of the major challenges in glioma surgery is that tumor boundaries are often difficult to define. Diffuse gliomas can infiltrate surrounding brain tissue beyond what surgeons can see directly or what conventional imaging can fully resolve. During surgery, neurosurgeons must remove as much tumor as possible while preserving critical brain functions. This makes accurate intraoperative assessment of tumor infiltration essential for more precise surgical decision-making.  A study published in Cell now reports a new platform called ULTRA, short for ultrarapid cleared stimulated Raman with AI, designed to address this gap. Developed by researchers from Fudan University, Huashan Hospital of Fudan University, Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, and collaborators, ULTRA combines rapid tissue clearing, stimulated Raman scattering microscopy, and AI-based virtual staining to perform deep 3D histological imaging of surgical tissue without conventional staining or sectioning.

Insilico Medicine ("Insilico", HKEX: 3696), a clinical-stage drug discovery company powered by generative artificial intelligence (AI), today announced the launch of its Virtual Aging Cell (VAC) Webpage alongside the preview of the company’s Multi-Agent driven VAC platform.