The Carver College of Medicine highlighted the research of James Byrne, MD, PhD, and his lab in an article endorsing his research into gas-entrapping materials (GeMs). Using techniques more familiar to those in the food service industry, his lab uses techniques such as whipping siphons, gummy bears and pop rocks to improve cancer treatment therapies. In an article primarily authored by Byrne and Jianling Bi, PhD, in Advanced Science, the authors relate that tumor hypoxia is a leading cause of treatment resistance in cancer cells. 

Using foam GeMs the team was able to demonstrate that the tunable, deliberate release of O₂ was effective in mitigating tumor hypoxia in solid tumors.