{"id":284472,"date":"2026-07-01T10:27:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T14:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/01\/technology-developing-at-uh-helps-identify-new-targets-for-treatment-of-diseases\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T10:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T14:40:09","slug":"technology-developing-at-uh-helps-identify-new-targets-for-treatment-of-diseases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/01\/technology-developing-at-uh-helps-identify-new-targets-for-treatment-of-diseases\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology developing at UH helps identify new targets for treatment of diseases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurekalert.org\/news-releases\/1134337\">Technology developing at UH helps identify new targets for treatment of diseases<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurekalert.org\/news-releases\/1134337\">https:\/\/www.eurekalert.org\/news-releases\/1134337<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-07-01 10:27:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.eurekalert.org\">www.eurekalert.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>image:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wei Chuan Shih, professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Houston, is developing technology that will help\u00a0identify new exosome targets for treatment of diseases\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><br \/>\n                  view <span class=\"no-break-text\">more\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"credit\">Credit: University of Houston<\/p>\n<p>Tiny particles\u00a0released by most human cells\u00a0may\u00a0be promising targets for diagnosis and treatment of an array of diseases from\u00a0cancer to Alzheimer\u2019s, but scientists have struggled to see them and study them in detail.\u00a0Now, these particles, or exosomes,\u00a0are about to be seen in a whole new light \u2013 under a new imaging technology being developed in the lab of Wei Chuan Shih, professor of electrical and computer engineering at UH.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0new technology, supported by a $1.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, will be able to examine exosomes one at a time, measuring their features to pinpoint which would be good drug targets.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It is an enormous task.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Inside the human body, a veritable cellular highway exists with 37 trillion cells moving about, keeping us alive, turning food into energy, repairing what needs mending and fighting off predators that try to destroy us. 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