The new test was developed by a research team led by Tony Hu, PhD, Weatherhead Presidential chair in Biotechnology Innovation at Tulane University.
—Submitted Photo
NEW ORLEANS — Researchers at Tulane University School of Medicine have developed a highly sensitive blood test that can find traces of the bacterium that causes tuberculosis in infants a year befo
Laura Perry, a doctoral student in psychology, and Michael Hoerger, an assistant professor of psychology, are part of the Tulane team that studied a reduced sense of taste and smell in some prostate cancer patients. Not pictured is Sarah Alonzi, the lead author of the study. (Photo was taken prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.)
—Paula Burch-Celentano Photo
One in six men being treated for advanced prostate cancer experiences a reduced sense of smell and taste, a symptom that could cause increased anxiety among patients because it is also a side effec
Chad Roy, PhD, corresponding author of the study and director of infectious disease aerobiology at the Tulane National Primate Research Center.
—Tulane University photo
Scientists and public health experts have long known that certain individuals, termed “super-spreaders,” can transmit COVID-19 with incredible efficiency and devastating consequences.
An Infant localizes and reaches to a target she feels on her forehead.
—Jeffrey Lockman Photo
Tulane University psychology professor Jeffrey Lockman is hoping to gain some insight from the mouths of babes — or at least from their actions.
From left, Foad Kabinejadian, Joseph Bull and Jonah Harmon are part of a Tulane biomedical engineering team (gathered pre-pandemic) that is developing a novel cancer treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma, a form of liver cancer that is often fatal.
—Tulane University/Joseph Bull
Hepatocellular carcinoma is a common liver cancer with poor prognosis.
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