A team at Gladstone Institutes has unveiled a powerful computational tool, called CellWalker2, that allows scientists to determine how cell types are related and identify cell groupings that may impact health, leading to a better understanding of the cells they’re studying.

OKLAHOMA CITY – In medicine, moving a breakthrough from the lab to the doctor’s office often involves navigating a dizzying maze of bureaucratic and financial obstacles. Most health care startups – 90% by some estimates – fail to find a path to profitability. But one Oklahoma City-based company is poised to become an exception. Fourteen years after its founding, Moleculera Biosciences is emerging from the startup labyrinth.

U of A Cancer Center researchers hope to image nerve endings and create objective, quantitative biomarkers for CIPN, leading to better treatment and prevention opportunities.