‘Skinny, greasy mice,’ artificial cells and tumor mapping: Researchers vie for STAT Madness championship
Were the oily rodents impressive enough? More amazing than the family tree of tumors? Than the tiny, autonomous, faux “cells” that went around sucking up water pollutants?
These were the pressing questions three judges considered as all eyes were on them in a New York City conference room Thursday afternoon. The judges, Jitka Amira Ismail Virag (Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University), Nicole Renaud (Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research), and Rick Berke (STAT), had to pick the most outstanding research as part of “STAT Madness,” a global contest to find cutting-edge innovations in science and medicine.
