Advancing Human Understanding
Through research, scholarship, and creative endeavor
Researchers at the University of Notre Dame are committed to advancing human understanding through research, scholarship, and creative endeavor in order to be a repository for knowledge and a powerful means for doing good in the world.
Notre Dame Research supports and encourages innovation in more than thirty core facilities and resources, as well as in a number of key areas of research, including cancer, environmental change, global health, and many more, with faculty finding their homes in one of Notre Dame’s seven colleges or schools.
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More Media MentionsTiny implants fight cancer with light
July 11, 2024
“Certain colors of light penetrate tissue deeper than other ones,” says Thomas O’Sullivan, associate professor of electrical engineering at the University of Notre Dame and coauthor on the paper.
Rice-sized warrior: New LED device uses light to destroy deep cancers
July 10, 2024
Researchers at the University of Notre Dame have created a wireless, implantable LED device for the treatment of “deep-seated cancers.”
Miniature, implantable LED device fights cancer with light
July 10, 2024
Light therapy has been effective in treating surface and nearby skin cancers when used with a light-activated drug. However, cancers situated deep within the body, surrounded by tissue, blood, and bone, have been difficult to treat using light. To address this challenge, engineers and scientists at the University of Notre Dame have developed an implantable wireless LED device.
Implantable Wireless LED Device Promises to Destroy Cancer Cells
July 10, 2024
Researchers at the University of Notre Dame have introduced a new approach to tackling deep-seated cancers with an innovative implantable LED device.
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