Human Immune Variation
Improving gene-sequencing technologies have focused immunologists’ attention on the role of genes in diseases. But it appears the environment is...
Drug effectively prevents HIV-like infection in monkeys
A regime of anti-HIV drugs — components of regimens to treat established HIV infection — has the potential to protect...
How cells communicate
During embryonal development of vertebrates, signaling molecules inform each cell at which position it is located. In this way, the...
Simple Method to Sense DNA
A simple method to sense DNA, as well as potential biomarker proteins of cancer or other diseases such as Alzheimer’s,...
Understanding the personalities of bacteria
Bacteria are as individual as people, according to new research by Professor Peter Young and his team in the Department...
First Contracting Human Muscle Grown in Laboratory
In a laboratory first, Duke researchers have grown human skeletal muscle that contracts and responds just like native tissue to...
The brain thinks, the spinal cord implements
Even after complete spinal paralysis, the human spinal cord is able to trigger activity in the leg muscles using electrical...
Do viruses make us smarter?
A new study from Lund University in Sweden indicates that inherited viruses that are millions of years old play an...
Scientists urge artificial intelligence safety focus
The development of artificial intelligence is growing fast and hundreds of the world's leading scientists and entrepreneurs are urging a...
Hitchhiking microparticles deliver drugs directly
Inflammation is a normal and often beneficial response to injury or infection. The swelling, heat and even pain are the...
Human brain keeps memories tidy by pruning inaccurate ones
Your brain is a memory powerhouse, constantly recording experiences in long-term memory. Those memories help you find your way through...
Pioneering Method to Define Stages of Stem Cell Reprogramming
In a groundbreaking study that provides scientists with a critical new understanding of stem cell development and its role in...
Researchers Create Artificial Organs That Fit In Your Hand
Great balls of cells! Scientists are developing mock human organs that can fit in the palm of your hand.These organs-on-a-chip...
Stretchy Electrodes Enable Long-Lasting Brain Implants
If you need a piece of hardware attached to the delicate tissue of your brain or spinal cord, wouldn’t it...
Researchers uncover key cancer-promoting gene
One of the mysteries in cancer biology is how one protein, TGF-beta, can both stop cancer from forming and encourage...
Neuroscientists Get Better Feeling About Touch
Our sense of touch is one we often take for granted, until our leg falls asleep and we aren't able...
Drug Enhances Brain Signaling by Factor of 1,000
Proteins play a fundamental role in almost all biological processes. They consist of chains composed of up to 20 different...
Skin Microbes Trigger Specific Immune Responses
New research in mice shows that the immune system in the skin develops distinct responses to the various microbes that...
How bacteria control their size
By monitoring thousands of individual bacteria scientists discovered how they maintain their size from generation to generation Scientists have traditionally...
Stretchy synthetic skin has sense of touch and warmth
The first prosthetic skin to simulate the sense of touch is being developed by researchers at Seoul National University. The...
