A chemical bond discovered by Vanderbilt University scientists that is essential for animal life and which hastened the “dawn of the animal kingdom” could lead to new therapies for cancer and other diseases.
The report, published online today by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(PNAS), was co-authored by 83 participants in the “Aspirnaut” K-20 STEM pipeline program for diversity. Six were middle school students when the study was conducted, 42 were high school students, 30 were college undergraduates and five were graduate students.
Because many of the high school students grew up in poverty in rural communities, “they’re invisible. They’re an untapped talent pool,” said Billy Hudson, Ph.D., who founded the Aspirnaut program with his wife and co-senior author Julie Hudson, M.D. “Aspirnaut connects the ‘Forgotten Student’ to STEM opportunities.”
The study demonstrates that the sulfilimine bond, which Hudson’s group discovered in 2009, is part…
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