Groundbreaking life sciences research continues today at Cornell.

For example, researchers in the bioengineering and biomedical engineering programs have created biodegradable discs that release high levels of an anticancer drug directly into the brain, a major advancement in brain tumor treatment.

Other new research includes:

• Smaller, faster, cheaper devices for producing proteins
• New discovery about proteins, DNA and RNA
• 3-D computer model of the canine heart
• Fly gene linked to aging
• New center for adult stem cell research
• A deadly parasite is gene-sequenced
• Puzzle of nerve cell function solved, with implications for Alzheimer's, epilepsy
• Inter-university collaborations aim to improve health care.
• New research unit at the Vet College studies food-and water-borne diseases
• Fuel cell development gets a kick-start from the Department of Energy.
• Multiphoton microscope captures cells engulfing microbes and assuming a variety of shapes.