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January 16, 2026

Purdue mRNA therapy delivery system proves to be shelf-stable, storable

Published, peer-reviewed research shows a patent-pending, virus-mimicking platform technology developed at Purdue University improves upon traditional methods of targeting bladder cancer cells with messenger RNA (mRNA) therapies.

December 23, 2025

Major NCI Grant Secured to Advance Cancer Research

Brittany Allen-Petersen has earned a prestigious five-year R01 grant from the National Cancer Institute. The award, totaling more than $2 million, will expand her lab’s capacity and drive new investigations into how cancer cells survive in challenging environments.

December 8, 2025

Intellicule receives NIH grant to develop biomolecular modeling software

Intellicule, a software company whose solutions determine the 3D structures of biomolecules imaged with cryogenic-electron microscopy, has received a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I grant from the NIH. Daisuke Kihara, who leads Intellicule, said the grant will be used to develop software technology that could impact precision medicine.

December 4, 2025

Computational biologist uses big data, AI and math to find patterns in cancer

With recent advances, cancer research now generates vast amounts of information. The data could help researchers detect patterns in cancer cells and stop their growth, but the sheer volume is just too much for the human mind to digest. Enter Nadia Lanman, whose expertise in computational biology helps researchers at Purdue University distill solutions from the sea of numbers.

November 14, 2025

One Health-focused summit highlights Purdue’s leadership in advancing health

Purdue University leaders joined more than 250 high-level representatives and experts from industry, academia, government and nonprofits for the 2025 BioCrossroads Life Sciences Summit to advance dialogue around Purdue’s growing leadership in the One Health movement.

October 23, 2025

Researchers identify novel connection between fat accumulation and breast cancer metastasis

When breast cancer metastasizes, or spreads, to other organs in the body, five-year survival rates dip to 32%, compared to more than 99% when the cancer is diagnosed before it has spread, according to the American Cancer Society. This grave statistic drives researchers like Purdue University Department of Nutrition Science postdoctoral scholar Chaylen Andolino and PICR member Dorothy Teegarden to look for treatments to improve breast cancer outcomes.

September 18, 2025 | Purdue News

Subtle cues between cells and immune system contribute to spread of cancer

In the march of metastasis, a molecular trail of crumbs guides some cancer cells from the primary tumor to establish new colonies within the body. Blocking the cells’ ability to follow the trail might halt metastasis but could also meddle with an intricate cellular signaling system critical to immune response. Purdue University scientists are deciphering this signaling system to better understand how it could be used to address multiple diseases, including cancer.

September 5, 2025

Blueprints for a molecular machine more powerful than CRISPR 

The technology known as CRISPR-Cas9 works by cutting DNA, not moving it. At Purdue University, researchers are investigating a similar molecular machine that moves so-called “jumping genes” into new locations in bacterial DNA, laying the groundwork for a more powerful gene-editing tool.

August 29, 2025

Putting the brakes on cancer

Researchers led by a team at Purdue University are exploring a molecular mechanism that curbs the breakneck cell division associated with cancer. Their work opens the door to developing drugs that capitalize on the mechanism’s effects.

August 20, 2025

Metskas one of four Purdue faculty to receive Early Career Development Award from NSF

Four Purdue faculty members, including PICR member and assistant professor of biology and chemistry in the College of Science Lauren Ann Metskas, have been singled out for Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) awards from the National Science Foundation. NSF’s CAREER program provides the foundation’s most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education.