Light as Medicine? Researchers Explain How
Multiple sclerosis (MS) causes progressive paralysis by destroying nerve cells and the spinal cord. It interrupts vision, balance and even...
Embryonic-Like Stem Cells Created from Mature Cells
Bioengineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have shown that physical cues can replace certain chemicals when nudging mature cells...
Critical Tool for Brain Research Derived from Basic Science of Single Celled Algae
The poster child for basic research might well be a one-celled green algae found in ordinary lakes and ponds. Amazingly,...
Researchers Advance Toward Engineering ‘Wildly New Genome’
In two parallel projects, researchers have created new genomes inside the bacterium E. coli in ways that test the limits...
Amputees May Feel Touches with Limbs Linked to Brain
Our ability to grasp and manipulate objects relies on feedback from our sense of touch. Without these signals from the...
Method of Recording Brain Activity Could Lead to Mind-Reading Devices
A brain region activated when people are asked to perform mathematical calculations in an experimental setting is similarly activated when...
Researcher develops new medicine that attacks HIV before it integrates with human DNA
Thirty-four million people are living with human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, worldwide and each year some 2.5 million more are...
Tracking viral DNA in the cell
The medical, humanitarian and economical impact of viral diseases is devastating to humans and livestock. There are no adequate therapies...
Biology is the new software
Pointing to a Nike Flyknit Racer -- the lime-green trainers, worn by many athletes during London 2012, that use a...
New Theory of Synapse Formation in the Brain
The human brain keeps changing throughout a person's lifetime. New connections are continually created while synapses that are no longer...
Scientists create technique for high-speed, low-cost epigenomic mapping
A new technique developed by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine could pave the way to an era...
Blood Vessel Cells Can Repair, Regenerate Organs
Damaged or diseased organs may someday be healed with an injection of blood vessel cells, eliminating the need for donated...
Mice With Human Immune Cells Give Researchers New View of Dengue Fever
Dengue fever, an infectious tropical disease found in more than 100 countries, has no cure and no vaccine. One reason...
I hope that some day scientists can be considered heroes again, instead of Paris Hilton
I hope that some day scientists can be considered heroes again, instead of Paris Hilton. - Walter Isaacson
Junk DNA Reveals Disease-Causing Genetic Mutations
Scientists have revealed nearly 100 genetic variants implicated in the development of cancers such as breast cancer and prostate cancer....
Biobridge: Research Reveals Stem Cells Help Repair Traumatic Brain Injury
University of South Florida researchers have suggested a new view of how stem cells may help repair the brain following...
Neural stem cells pulled from rat’s brain using magnet
It's like pulling a rabbit out of a hat. Researchers have reached inside the brain of a rat and pulled...
Scientists Regenerate Fully Functional Bioengineered Saliva and Tear Glands
A research group headed by Professor Takashi Tsuji of Tokyo University of Science have successfully regenerated fully functional bioengineered salivary...
Identification of an Enzyme’s Function
Scientists have sequenced the genomes of nearly 6,900 organisms, but they know the functions of only about half of the...