Argentinian researchers develop trap for mosquito that transmits Zika
Argentinian researchers from the Centro de Investigaciones de Plagas e Insecticidas have developed a new trap that can be used...
Inflammatory factors cause damage to back of eye following keratoprosthesis implantation
BOSTON – Researchers from Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical School have identified inflammatory factors that cause optic neuropathy in the...
A key gene in the development of celiac disease has been found in ‘junk’ DNA
Credit: A. Castellanos Coeliac disease is a chronic, immunological disease that is manifested as intolerance to gluten proteins present in...
Scientists discover how Chinese medicinal plant makes anti-cancer compound
Credit: Qing Zhao, Chinese Academy of Sciences New research led by Professor Cathie Martin of the John Innes Centre has...
Is a popular painkiller hampering our ability to notice errors?
It’s been known for more than a century that acetaminophen is an effective painkiller, but according to a new U...
A newly discovered way for cells to die
Some cells are meant to live, and some are meant to die. The linker cell of Caenorhabditis elegans, a tiny...
Application of novel alignment-free sequence descriptors in Zika virus characterization
The recent epidemic of Zika virus infections in South and Latin America has raised serious concerns on its ramifications for...
Zika virus may now be tied to another brain disease
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA – The Zika virus may be associated with an autoimmune disorder that attacks the brain’s myelin similar...
UW team stores digital images in DNA — and retrieves them perfectly
Credit: Tara Brown Photography/University of Washington Technology companies routinely build sprawling data centers to store all the baby pictures, financial...
Methods used to create textiles also could help manufacture human tissues
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Tissue engineering is a process that uses novel biomaterials seeded with stem cells to grow and replace...
Protective effect of genetically modified cord blood on spinal cord injury in rats
Transplantation of genetically modified cells carrying a transgene has a greater stimulating effect on the regeneration of post-traumatic central nervous...
Scientists to unlock the secrets of DNA sequence
The prevailing hypothesis has suggested that the the functions of DNA, such as the way the DNA is organized, largely...
Novel optogenetic tool
Blue on, yellow off: using different-coloured light, researchers are able to switch signalling pathways in the brain on and off....
Promising new blood test is first of its kind to detect liver scarring
Newcastle scientists and medics have developed a new type of genetic blood test that diagnoses scarring in the liver –...
University of Sussex research brings ‘smart hands’ closer to reality
Using your skin as a touchscreen has been brought a step closer after UK scientists successfully created tactile sensations on...
Mice engineered with rare kidney disease shed light on how cells repair broken DNA
Like jewels in a vault, our precious genetic material is stored in the nucleus of a cell–sequestered away from potentially...
Scientists report on novel method for extending the life of implantable devices in situ
Boston — Blood-contacting implantable medical devices, such as stents, heart valves, ventricular assist devices, and extracorporeal support systems, as well...
A ‘pause button’ for cells
Throughout our cells, materials are continuously transported via tiny packets called vesicles. This process is called intracellular trafficking and it...
Cell density remains constant as brain shrinks with age
New, ultra-high-field magnetic resonance images (MRI) of the brain by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago provide the...
To be sperm, or not to be sperm?
Researchers in Japan have found, for the first time in vertebrates, a genetic switch that determines whether germ cells become...