SUMMARYUndernutrition in childhood causes permanent damage to cognitive function, but due to substantial ongoing changes in brain development nutritional supplementation may promote regenerative

SUMMARYTufts University investigator, Joel Mason and his team, has discovered a novel drug with Curcumin and Vitamin B6 that effectively alters pro-oncogenic inflammatory pathways trigged by obesity

SUMMARY Tufts University investigator Nikhil Nair and his team have developed a novel directed evolution workflow to rapidly engineer ammonia lyase (AL) class enzymes for large sequences that are

SUMMARYMany industrially-relevant enzymes are active, but are severely limited by thermodynamic, kinetic, or stability issues. A Tufts University investigator and their research team has developed an

SUMMARY OF PROBLEMCurrently, blood is collected and stored for further analysis on dried blood spot (DBS) cards. Uses include testing expecting mothers for fetal distress, and newborns for metabolic

SUMMARYTufts researchers have developed a method to separate cultured mammalian cells from contaminants based on density using aqueous two-phase systems (ATPS) which allows recovered cells to be

Summary During physical therapy, practitioners often use a variety of measurement devices. All existing approaches fail to establish functional range of motion and anthropomorphic measurements through

SUMMARY A Tufts University investigator and their team has developed a novel plant-based powder formulated with freeze dried fruits and vegetables to reduce obesity and promote healthy aging. VF-24 is

SUMMARYTufts researchers have developed a device which traverses the gut and collects samples of the microbiome in a way that permits correlation of samples with particular locations from which they

SUMMARYTufts researchers have developed a novel image fusion algorithm with superior performance PROBLEMThe goal of image fusion is to combine multiple source images obtained using different capture