Shashi Murthy in the Press
Boston Magazine
Northeastern professor receives $1.4 million grant for vaccine development
A Northeastern University professor has received a $1.4 million grant from the National Institutes for Health (NIH) for his work streamlining the vaccine development process. Shashi Murthy, a professor in the chemical engineering department at Northeastern, has developed a tool that can turn monocytes, the largest type of blood cell, into dendritic cells, the cells […]
Boston Magazine
Northeastern grad creates device that promises to change eye disorder diagnosis
David Walsh knew there had to be a better way. After watching his grandmother, who suffers from age-related macular degeneration, undergo painful treatments that neither she nor her doctor knew to be effective, Walsh, a graduate student at Northeastern University, took matters into his own hands and developed a device that could change the way […]
Chemistry World
Microrockets aim at cancer diagnostics
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, have made self-propelled microtube rockets that can find and capture cancer cells from blood samples.
