March 29, 2017 - By engineering an on/off switch into a weakened form of HIV, a team of Nebraska researchers have enhanced the safety and effectiveness of a potential vaccine for the virus that has killed approximately 35 million people over the last third of a century.
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March 03, 2017 - Nebraska engineers developed a prototype system that could reduce improve the growing patient-derived cells, which could increase potential of treatments for debilitating conditions like Alzheimer’s Disease and diabetes.
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February 09, 2017 - Working on a Department of Defense contract, researchers at Nebraska and two other universities will focus on cyberbiosecurity and vulnerabilities and security of critical life science information.
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February 06, 2017 - Out of the Darkness, a second-year student organization at UNL formed by chemical engineering major Shelby Williby, finished among the nation's best in raising funds via a suicide awareness walk.
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July 15, 2016 - UNL Air and Space Research Team meets challenges from NASA and in the design process that may set the team up for more successes in years to come.
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June 14, 2016 - While helping Florida fight to save its avocado industry from being devastated by a fungus, chemical engineers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have modified traditional testing methods that could lead to expanded uses of DNA testing.
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May 18, 2016 - Chemical engineering major Shelby Williby hoped to hike awareness at UNL about suicide prevention by organizing the April 17 Out of the Darkness Campus Walk that drew 600 people and raised $25,000.
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November 09, 2015 - By simulating the growth of cancerous tumors, a new synthetic platform developed UNL engineers could accelerate the testing of breast cancer treatments and has revealed a potential source of the body's resistance to a therapeutic drug.
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September 21, 2015 - Hunter Flodman, assistant professor of practice in chemical and biomedical engineering, co-authors an article outlining his work to help City of Lincoln develop a brine application that is making roads safer in winter weather events.
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May 12, 2015 - Faculty and students from the College of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering helped Lincoln's public works maintenance manager improve a beet brine solution that will allow the city to more efficiently clear streets after a snow storm.
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