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Researchers develop clothes that can monitor and transmit biomedical info on wearers
Researchers at Université Laval's Faculty of Science and Engineering and Centre for Optics, Photonics and Lasers have developed smart textiles...
Scientists detect brain network that gives humans superior reasoning skills
When it comes to getting out of a tricky situation, we humans have an evolutionary edge over other primates. Take,...
Meet the Two Scientists Who Implanted a False Memory Into a Mouse
Can we edit the content of our memories? It’s a sci-fi-tinged question that Steve Ramirez and Xu Liu are asking...
Computer model enables design of complex DNA shapes
Bioengineers have created a new computer model that allows them to design the most complex three-dimensional DNA shapes ever produced,...
Revolutionizing genome engineering
Genome engineering with the RNA-guided CRISPR-Cas9 system in animals and plants is changing biology. It is easier to use and...
Researchers use 3-D printing to guide human face transplants
Researchers are using computed tomography (CT) and 3-D printing technology to recreate life-size models of patients' heads to assist in...
HIV drug blocks bone metastases in prostate cancer
Although prostate cancer can be successfully treated in many men, when the disease metastasizes to the bone, it is eventually...
Duality in the human genome
Humans don’t like being alone, and their genes are no different. Together we are stronger, and the two versions of...
Spinal cord has successfully been grown in a lab
Researchers from the University of Dresden have used embryonic stem cells to grow an intact spinal cord in a petri...
‘Chatty’ Cells Help Build the Brain
Development of the cerebral cortex is influenced by genetic cues and communication between neurons and progenitors. Fluorescence microscopy image of...
Bioengineered Bacteria Ripen Fruit By Belching Ethylene
The ruby red rows of tomatoes at the local grocery store don’t come off the vine in such a pretty...
A hybrid vehicle that delivers DNA
The new transport system for DNA vaccines could help treat HIV, malaria, HPV and other major illnesses University at Buffalo...
Nervous system may play bigger role in infections than previously known
The nervous system may play a bigger role in infections and autoimmune diseases than previously known. If researchers can learn...
Scientists discover treatment breakthrough for advanced bladder cancer
Scientists from Queen Mary University of London have made a breakthrough in developing a new therapy for advanced bladder cancer...
Copper on the Brain at Rest
In recent years it has been established that copper plays an essential role in the health of the human brain....
Two-Cell Mouse Embryos Talk About Their Future
Bioengineers at the University of California, San Diego have discovered that mouse embryos are contemplating their cellular fates in the...
Large biological circuits
Researchers have made great progress in recent years in the design and creation of biological circuits — systems that, like...
‘Huge breakthrough’ in understanding how the immune system recognises cancer
US researchers have revealed the identity of molecules on the surface of cancer cells which allow the body's immune system...
Imagination, reality flow in opposite directions in the brain
As real as that daydream may seem, its path through your brain runs opposite reality. Aiming to discern discrete neural...
Nail stem cells prove more versatile than press ons
There are plenty of body parts that don’t grow back when you lose them. Nails are an exception, and a...