Science AMA Series: Hi this is Robert Morhard, Corrine Nief, Carlos
Barrero Castedo and Jenna Mueller at Duke University, we’re working on
developing an ethanol-based treatment for tumor treatment in
resource-limited settings. AUA!
Abstract
Our recent publication was recently posted here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/6xs76y/duke_university_scientists_have_created_a_lethal/.
We’ve been working on this project for three years now and would love to
answer any related questions. This project is a combination of global
health and biomedical engineering. We’re really excited by our most
recent proof-of-concept and are planning more exciting experiments. Feel
free to just generally ask about anything biology-related as well.
Answering questions will be: Robert Morhard, Robert obtained a BS in
Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering from
Carnegie Mellon University in 2012. In 2014 He received an MS in
Biomedical Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology -
Zurich At Duke he works on developing a low-cost ablative tumor therapy
for use in resource-limited settings. Corrine Nief Corrine obtained a
BSc in Engineering with minors in Math and Chemistry from Baylor
University. She was a summer researcher at Oak Ridge National Lab
studying protein structure dynamics with super-computing. Later, she
studied mitochondrial protein energetics at The National Institutes of
Health. Now at Duke, her research is focused on developing low-cost
cancer treatments for cervical and breast cancer. Carlos Barrero Castedo
Undergraduate researcher, Duke University Jenna MuellerJenna received a
B.S. degree in bioengineering with a minor in global health technologies
from Rice University, and completed both an M.S. and Ph.D. in biomedical
engineering at Duke University. Currently, Jenna is a postdoctoral
researcher, who is interested in the intersection of biomedical
engineering and global health. Specifically, she is interested in
developing low cost optical devices and therapies to diagnose and treat
cervical cancer in resource limited settings. Here is a direct link to
our paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-09371-2 Here is a
summary of the paper:
https://www.acsh.org/news/2017/09/03/ethanol-lethal-injection-tumors-11779
We will be back at 1 pm Et to answer your questions, ask us anything!