“Healing clays” hold promise in fight against MRSA superbug infections and disease
Mud may be coming to a medicine cabinet or pharmacy near you. Scientists from Arizona State University report that minerals from clay promise could provide inexpensive, highly-effective antimicrobials to fight methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections that are moving out of health care settings and into the community. These “superbugs” are increasingly resistant to multiple antibiotics and cause thousands of deaths each year. Read More »
Center for Applied NanoBioscience
Center Director: Frederic Zenhausern
Developing ways to diagnose disease, monitor health, and create flexible electronics by merging new technology with genomics and molecular biology.
Center for BioOptical Nanotechnology
Center Director: Neal Woodbury
Using biological systems as models for producing energy and sensors, and advancing personalized medicine by creating molecules merged with modern optics and electronics.
Center for Bioelectronics and Biotechnology
Center Director: Joseph Wang
Developing specialized sensor technology to manage diabetes and other diseases, improve food safety and detect chemicals or other hazards in the environment.
Center for BioEnergetics
Center Directors: Sidney Hecht and Guy Miller
Focused on human energy impairment diseases caused by defects in the cells’ mitochondria.
Center for Ecogenomics
Center Director: Deirdre Meldrum
Developing tools, sensors and systems to detect and analyze differences between healthy and diseased cells as well as to identify genetic traits that enable certain microorganisms to adapt to harsh environments.
Center for Environmental Biotechnology
Center Director: Bruce Rittmann
Minimizing pollution and depletion of natural resources using microbiological systems and renewable energy resources.
Center for Evolutionary Functional Genomics
Center Director: Sudhir Kumar
Understanding how the genes and genomes of humans and other organisms change over time to help pinpoint the origins of disease.
Center for Infectious Disease and Vaccinology
Center Director:
Roy Curtiss
Combating infectious diseases through innovative and effective vaccine development using plant, bacterial and viral delivery methods.
Center for Innovations in Medicine
Center Director: Stephen A. Johnston
Exploring ways to detect illness before symptoms appear and developing systems for detecting, treating, and preventing cancer.
Center for Single Molecule Biophysics
Center Director: Stuart Lindsay
Using nanotechnology to study the physical processes on which life is based so that diseases can be accurately diagnosed and better treatments can be developed.
