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IMAGE: Two large natural killer immune cells are surrounded by their much smaller exosomes on the NK-GO microfluidic chip developed at the University of Michigan. view more
Credit: Image courtesy of Yoon-Tae Kang and Zeqi Niu.
Building on the promise of emerging therapies to deploy the body s natural killer immune cells to fight cancer, researchers at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center and U-M College of Engineering have gone one step further.
They ve developed what is believed to be the first systematic way to catch natural killer cells and get them to release cancer-killing packets called exosomes. These nano-scale exosomes are thousands of times smaller than natural killer cells or NK cells for short and thus better able to penetrate cancer cells defenses.
A cubesat, largely built by undergraduate students and scheduled to launch on Sunday, will explore the feasibility of a new propulsion method that could enable very small satellites to move around Earth’s orbit without carrying fuel.
This could pave the way for tiny satellites that stay in orbit for long periods and operate in swarms, monitoring storms and natural disasters, for example.
A cubesat is about the size of a loaf of bread, designed to hitch a ride into space with a major mission. Cubesats are low-cost ways to test out new technologies or enable students to get hands-on experience with space exploration. MiTEE is scheduled to fly from the Mojave Air and Space Port on Virgin Orbit’s Launch Demo 2.
Cars & trucks stuck in traffic generate megatons of toxic gases & particulate, but @boringcompany road tunnels under Miami would solve traffic & be an example to the world.
Spoke with @RonDeSantisFL about tunnels last week. If Governor & Mayor want this done, we will do it. Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 18, 2021
Let’s talk Daniella Levine Cava (@MayorDaniella) January 18, 2021
This extremely random social-media interaction has led many well-meaning people to reasonably ask: Does Musk know Miami is only six feet above sea level?
This is probably the most important and innovative human being alive today but somebody ought to explain the geology of Florida to him before some incredibly stupid shit happens. https://t.co/Qlxaa3BGP1 Michael Grunwald (@MikeGrunwald) January 18, 2021
Violence at U.S. Capitol condemned by University of Michigan, Eastern Michigan University officials
Updated Jan 07, 2021;
WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI University of Michigan and Eastern Michigan University officials issued statements Wednesday night condemning violence in the nation’s capital.
As Congress was finalizing the presidential election vote on Jan. 6, supporters of President Donald Trump rallied in Washington D.C. to protest his loss, culminating in a march on the Capitol where rioters broke into the building and clashed with police.
The sight of a violent mob taking over the floor of the U.S. Senate “brought tears to my eyes,” UM President Mark Schlissel said in a statement.
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Pioneering a way to keep very small satellites in orbit
A cubesat, largely built by undergraduate students and scheduled to launch on Sunday, will explore the feasibility of a new propulsion method that could enable very small satellites to move around Earth’s orbit without carrying fuel.
This could pave the way for tiny satellites that stay in orbit for long periods and operate in swarms, monitoring storms and natural disasters, for example.
A cubesat is about the size of a loaf of bread, designed to hitch a ride into space with a major mission. Cubesats are low-cost ways to test out new technologies or enable students to get hands-on experience with space exploration. MiTEE is scheduled to fly from the Mojave Air and Space Port on Virgin Orbit’s Launch Demo 2.