Study Identifies How Signals Trigger Cancer Cells to Spread
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered a signaling pathway in cancer cells that controls ...
Biomedical engineers offer much-needed update for blood-sampling process
Dr. Erwin Berthier studied biomedical engineering because he wanted to change the world. Since he co-founded Tasso, Inc., his dream ...
Neuroscience’s grand question
Neurons live for many years but their components, the proteins and molecules that make up the cell are continually being ...
Functional nerve cells from skin cells
A new method of generating mature nerve cells from skin cells could greatly enhance understanding of neurodegenerative diseases, and could ...
Scientists study biomechanics behind amazing ant strength
A recent study into the biomechanics of the necks of ants – a common insect that can amazingly lift objects ...
Robot suit helps paraplegic patients
For most paraplegic patients, being able to walk again remains a dream. The HAL robot suit can help them regain ...
Stem cells as a future source for eco-friendly meat
The scientific progress that has made it possible to dream of a future in which faulty organs could be regrown ...
Vaccine Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer
Research from Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey shows that the ‘first in man’ series of vaccine injections given directly ...
World’s Smallest, Fastest Nanomotor
Researchers at the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have built the smallest, fastest and ...
Herpes-loaded stem cells used to kill brain tumors
Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital have a potential solution for how to more effectively kill ...
Engineer invents a way to beam power to medical chips deep inside the body
A wireless system developed by Assistant Professor Ada Poon uses the same power as a cell phone to safely transmit ...
Paralysed hand able to move again
For the first time scientists have been able to restore the ability to grasp with a paralysed hand using spinal ...
Ground Breaking, 3D-Printed Hip Surgery
Doctors and scientists in Southampton have completed their first hip surgery with a 3D printed implant and bone stem cell ...
Illuminating neuron activity in 3D
Researchers at MIT and the University of Vienna have created an imaging system that reveals neural activity throughout the brains ...
Dogs May Help Spot Human Prostate Cancers
Dogs can be trained to sniff out evidence of prostate cancer in human urine with near-perfect accuracy, Italian researchers report. ...
First lab-grown tissue mapped from atomic life
Molecular ‘fingerprint’ for tissue taken from first isotope-enriched mouse has huge potential for scientific breakthroughs, as well as improved medical ...
Mice With MS-Like Condition Walk Again
Mice severely disabled by a multiple sclerosis (MS) – like condition could walk less than two weeks following treatment with ...
First test of pluripotent stem cell therapy in monkeys is a success
Researchers have shown for the first time in an animal that is more closely related to humans that it is ...
Scientists show AIDS vaccine could work against changeable site on HIV
A vaccine or other therapy directed at a single site on a surface protein of HIV could in principle neutralize ...
Brain-Like Computing: Electrons in Wacky Oxide
Current computing is based on binary logic – zeroes and ones – also called Boolean computing. A new type of ...
