"This study helps us to move one step forward from where we are now," says Dr. Banu Arun, co-director of clinical cancer genetics at MD Anderson cancer Center, in commenting on the results.
That was the reaction of a professor at MIT in 2000 upon reading the dissertation of Annabelle Gawer, now co-director of the Centre for Digital Economy at the University of Surrey.
News of Kanzius's work drew the notice of David Geller, co-director of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Liver Cancer Center, who wanted to test the technique in his lab.
He also serves as a co-Director for the Center for Criminal Law and Justice in the School of Law, Xiamen University (PRC) to promote empirical criminal justice research in China.
Sophie Meunier is a Research Scholar in Public and International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School and Co-Director of the EU Program at Princeton University.
Nocera says that their new process is not perfect, but it is a beginning that may re-ignite solar energy research that has been largely dormant since the 1970s.
Scientists are beginning to understand the genetic basis of tardigrades death-defying superpowers. And what they re learning may have profound implications for human health.