Tag: Brian Liau

  • Nation & World

    Promising projects

    Sixteen Harvard scientists are among the 93 researchers who have been selected to receive grants through the National Institutes of Health’s High-Risk, High-Reward program, which funds innovative research designed to address major challenges in biomedical science.

    10 minutes
    Beakers and lab equipment
  • Nation & World

    Learning why cancer drugs work (or don’t)

    Assistant Professor Brian Liau of the Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department has answered the question of why some new drugs for acute myeloid leukemia don’t work by combining CRISPR gene editing with small-molecule inhibitor treatments in a technique he calls CRISPR-suppressor scanning.

    5 minutes
    Professor sits in front of a white board
  • Nation & World

    Inroads against leukemia

    A molecule isolated from sea sponges and later synthesized in the lab can halt the growth of cancerous cells and could open the door to a new treatment for leukemia, according to a team of Harvard researchers.

    6 minutes