Microscopic image showing a cell with branching white structures on the left, and a 3D molecular model with a white circular structure and pink segments on the right, set against a dark background.

Designed Proteins Guide Stem Cells to Form Blood Vessels

June 11, 2024 | Categories: Core Faculty, Research | Tagged: , ,

UW researchers have used computer-designed proteins to direct human stem cells to form new blood vessels in the lab, offering new hope for repairing damaged hearts, kidneys, and other organs. Read More

Diagram illustrating 3D brain microvessels under different conditions: resting, after 8 hours with TNF, and after 8 and 24 hours with parasites, showing changes like microparticles, gaps, filaments, and ghost cells.

Zheng Lab Unveils Platform for Modeling Cerebral Malaria in 3D

November 20, 2023 | Categories: Core Faculty, Research, Uncategorized | Tagged: , , ,

A new paper from the Zheng Lab, published in Cell Reports, unveils a technique for probing cerebral malaria inflammation in 3D engineered human brain microvessels. Read More

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Zheng Lab Uses New 3D Model to Study Effect of Curvature on Endothelial Cells

September 16, 2020 | Categories: Research | Tagged: , , ,

Every day, million of cars navigate a complex network of wide, straight highways, busy streets and avenues, and side roads that bend and curve in unpredictable patterns. Now a new 3D modeling tool will help scientists study even more complex traffic patterns at work in our blood vessels. Read More