When snow or freezing rain starts to fall, Frederick’s roads can quickly shift from scenic to treacherous. Whether you’re driving a few miles or making a longer trek, winter weather can turn an ordinary commute into a dangerous situation, making it even more important to be prepared. When you’re prepared, you can stay safe and focus on enjoying the winter weather this season. ...

Bioengineers at NCI Frederick and Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, with external collaborators, have devised new types of 3D miniature tissues that assemble themselves and better reflect the composition of tumors in the body compared to existing models. The team aimed to complement organoids, a class of expensive, human-like models. Their creation, dubbed “MatriSpheres,” offers an inexpensive, middle-ground platform but, unexpectedly, also includes features that are unique from organoids.