New UI cancer research inspired by latte foam

UI researchers are using culinary arts techniques to create new therapeutic materials that can improve the effectiveness of chemotherapy and radiation.

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Liz Martin - Photographer - University of Iowa Health Care

James Byrne with his lab’s Parr high-pressure stirring reactor on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. A paper published in February 2023 in Advanced Science (IF 17.5) focused on the use of molecular gastronomical techniques to create novel materials for the treatment for cancer.

Sofia Mamakos, News Reporter


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