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Highly sensitive sensors successfully map electrical patterns of…
Highly sensitive sensors have been successfully used to map the electrical activity of the developing heart in embryos, in a...
University of Seville researchers reveal the role of a DNA repair mechanism
Credit: University of Seville Researchers from the University of Seville, in collaboration with the Genome Damage and Stability Centre of...
Here’s why the epidemic strain of C. difficile is so deadly…
A new, epidemic strain of C. difficile is proving alarmingly deadly, and new research from the University of Virginia School...
Experimental therapy could boost stroke recovery
Credit: Melissa Fabrizio (Edmonton, AB) An experimental therapy being tested by University of Alberta scientists that targets the spinal cord...
Growing organs a few ink drops at a time
Credit: Osaka University Osaka – Printed replacement human body parts might seem like science fiction, but this technology is rapidly...
Direct link between glands and implanting embryos critical to pregnancy
Credit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI – Researchers used 3D imaging with molecular testing to uncover new insight into the earliest stages...
Researchers improve vbectors for delivering hFVIII gene therapy to…
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 31, 2017–A new study examined 42 combinations of promoters and...
Wayne State awarded $2.28 million from NIH to study buprenorphine
Credit: Wayne State University DETROIT – A team led by Wayne State University School of Medicine researcher Mark Greenwald, Ph.D.,...
Suicide molecules kill any cancer cell
Northwestern scientist and lead study author Marcus Peter – Credits: Northwestern University Super assassin in every cell is poised to...
In a nutshell: Walnuts activate brain region involved in appetite control
Credit: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center BOSTON – Packed with nutrients linked to better health, walnuts are also thought to...
Fasting plasma glucose and insulin are determinants of dietary weight loss success
San Diego, CA and Copenhagen, Denmark, June 11, 2017 – Researchers from the University of Copenhagen, together with colleagues from...
Yawning — why is it so contagious and why should it matter?
Feeling tired? Even if we aren’t tired, why do we yawn if someone else does? Experts at the University of...
Replicating the connection between muscles and nerves
MIT engineers have developed a microfluidic device that replicates the neuromuscular junction — the vital connection where nerve meets muscle....
Biosensors will be inexpensive, do more, go everywhere
Credit: Joseph Fuqua II/UC Creative Services When it comes to biometric sensors, human skin isn't an ally. It's an obstacle....
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