Category: Research
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Lasso Peptides: A Promising New Antibiotic
Vigneshwari Sivakumar ’29 Antibiotic resistance poses one of the most urgent challenges in modern medicine. However, recent work indicates that lasso peptides may hold promise for inhibiting multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogens. Maksimov et al. define lasso peptides as “a class of ribosomally synthesized posttranslationally modified natural products found in bacteria” (2012). The ‘lasso’ refers to their…
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The Rise of Digital Phenotyping in Mental Health
Chimamanda Udodi ’28 Each day, often without our awareness, our phones collect small clues about our lifestyle, including typing speed, sleep-wake patterns, phone use, daily routes, and social interactions. Experts in digital mental health have uncovered a new possibility for this data: the ability to identify subtle mood shifts before individuals become aware of them.…
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The Evolution of Clinical Trial Workflows: Accelerating Research Through Intelligent Infrastructure
Alec Silberg ’28 Traditional clinical trial workflows involve massive documentation overhead, protocol complexity and fragmented communication. They create a structure to facilitate clinical trial processes from trial enrollment to data analysis. Today, these workflows are becoming increasingly digital. Clinical software solutions in the past few decades have created a transition from paper and wet-ink signatures…