Using a “glow-in-the-dark” jellyfish gene and mice DNA, BYU microbiologist Sandra Burnett recently uncovered new information about how appendicitis patients heal.
About 21 million Americans suffer from the pain and stiffness of osteoarthritis, the breakdown of the cartilage that cushions our joints. The disease is currently incurable, but a new study by a Brigham Young University molecular biologist and her team is bringing researchers closer to the root of the condition.