Study: Cells of three aggressive cancers annihilated by drug-like compounds that reverse chemo failure
A new study by SMU biochemists finds that cells of three aggressive cancers are annihilated by drug-like compounds that reverse chemo failure.
Dallas Innovates: SMU Researchers, Gamers Partner on Cancer Research
Adding the processor power of the network of "Minecraft" gamers could double the amount of computer power devoted to the SMU research project.
SMU Guildhall and cancer researchers level up to tap human intuition of video gamers in quest to beat cancer
Video gamers have the power to beat cancer, according to cancer researchers and video game developers at Southern Methodist University, Dallas.
SMU biochemists, students probe membrane proteins that thwart cancer chemotherapies
Each semester, SMU biology professors Pia Vogel and John Wise welcome a handful of dedicated and curious students to their lab in the SMU Dedman Life Sciences building.
SMU 2015 research efforts broadly noted in a variety of ways for world-changing impact
SMU scientists and their research have a global reach that is frequently noted, beyond peer publications and media mentions. It was a good year for SMU faculty and student research efforts. Here's a small sampling of public and published acknowledgements during 2015, ranging from research modeling that made the cover of a scientific journal to research findings presented as evidence at government hearings.
Drugs behave as predicted in computer model of key protein, enabling cancer drug discovery
New model allows pharmacological researchers to dock nearly any drug and see how it behaves in P-glycoprotein, a protein in the cell associated with failure of chemotherapy.
Researchers discover new drug-like compounds that may improve odds for men battling prostate cancer
New drug-like compounds have low toxicity to noncancerous cells, but inhibit the human protein often responsible for chemotherapy failure
The power of ManeFrame: SMU’s new supercomputer boosts research capacity
SMU now has a powerful new tool for research – one of the fastest academic supercomputers in the nation – and a new facility to house it. With a cluster of more than 1,000 Dell servers, the system’s capacity is on par with high-performance computing (HPC) power at much larger universities and at government-owned laboratories. The U.S. Department of Defense awarded the system to SMU in August 2013.
EARTH: Long-Lost Letters Shed New Light on 19th-Century Bone Wars
Science journalist David B. Williams, who writes for Earth magazine, covered the research of SMU vertebrate paleontologist Louis L. Jacobs and the infamous Bone Wars of the late 1800s.
The article, "Long-Lost Letters Shed New Light on 19th-Century Bone Wars," was published in the January 2013 issue of Earth.