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...
Scientists Develop New Process to Create Artificial Cell Membranes
The membranes surrounding and inside cells are involved in every aspect of biological function. They separate the cell's various metabolic...
Better Protein Creation
Naked mole rats have what any animal would want. They live long lives -- about 30 years -- and stay...
Human-on-a-chip technology
Army scientists at the Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC) and academic collaborators are conducting research on organoids (small swatches of...
Biongineers Invent Programming Language to Build Synthetic DNA
Similar to using Python or Java to write code for a computer, chemists soon could be able to use a...
Accelerator on a Chip
In an advance that could dramatically shrink particle accelerators for science and medicine, researchers used a laser to accelerate electrons...
Novel Technology to Produce Gasoline by a Metabolically-Engineered Microorganism
Scientists succeeded in producing 580 mg of gasoline per litre of cultured broth by converting in vivo generated fatty acid....
Hidden Genetic Code for Better Designer Genes
Scientists routinely seek to reprogram bacteria to produce proteins for drugs, biofuels and more, but they have struggled to get...
Brain May Rely On Computer-Like Mechanism
Our brains give us the remarkable ability to make sense of situations we've never encountered before -- a familiar person...
Catalyst Splits DNA Molecule for First Time
Chemists from Nijmegen have developed a catalyst that binds to DNA, slides over it and splits the molecule in particular...
Researchers erase human brain tumor cells in mice
Working with mice, Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered that weeks of treatment with a repurposed FDA-approved drug halted the growth...