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How stem cells can be used to treat lung disease
A new study has revealed how stem cells work to improve lung function in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Previous...
Future of biobanking and translational research in China
As clinical medical research in China reaches a turning point, the country's strategy for expanding its biosample collection and analysis...
New brain mapping reveals unknown cell types
Using a process known as single cell sequencing, scientists at Karolinska Institutet have produced a detailed map of cortical cell...
New ALS Gene and Signaling Pathways Identified
Using advanced DNA sequencing methods, researchers have identified a new gene that is associated with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS),...
Genetic Mechanism: Key to Controlling Cell Growth
A group of researchers of the University of Barcelona (UB) have described a key interaction to understanding growth control in...
Evolving a bigger brain with human DNA
The size of the human brain expanded dramatically during the course of evolution, imparting us with unique capabilities to use...
Virus-cutting enzyme helps bacteria remember a threat
Bacteria may not have brains, but they do have memories, at least when it comes to viruses that attack them....
New Self-Healing Nanogel for Drug Delivery
Scientists are interested in using gels to deliver drugs because they can be molded into specific shapes and designed to...
3-D engineered bone marrow makes functioning platelets
A team led by researchers at Tufts University School of Engineering and the University of Pavia has reported development of...
Brain’s iconic seat of speech goes silent when we actually talk
For 150 years, the iconic Broca’s area of the brain has been recognized as the command center for human speech,...
Powerful Anti-HIV Agent Could Work in Vaccine
In a remarkable new advance against the virus that causes AIDS, scientists from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have announced...
New pathways discovered to prevent blindness
Scientists have made a major new discovery detailing how areas of the brain responsible for vision could potentially adapt to...
A new path for novel synthetic polio vaccine
Scientists from the UK and USA are using technology that helped in the design of a new synthetic vaccine to...
Human neural stem cells restore cognitive functions impaired by chemotherapy
Human neural stem cell treatments are showing promise for reversing learning and memory deficits after chemotherapy, according to UC Irvine...
How Cells Start Process Necessary for Life
Researchers have found an RNA structure-based signal that spans billions of years of evolutionary divergence between different types of cells,...
Real-time, live assessment of blood formation
In the bone marrow, blood stem cells give rise to a large variety of mature blood cells via progenitor cells...
Telescopic contact lenses
An estimated 285 million people are visually impaired worldwide. Age-related macular degeneration alone is the leading cause of blindness among...
Ground-breaking lung cancer breath test
A clinical trial led by University of Leicester respiratory experts into a potentially ground-breaking ‘breath test’ to detect lung cancer...
Computer model of blood development
The first comprehensive computer model to simulate the development of blood cells could help in the development of new treatments...
Gold nanotubes launch a three-pronged attack on cancer cells
Scientists have shown that gold nanotubes have many applications in fighting cancer: internal nanoprobes for high-resolution imaging; drug delivery vehicles;...