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Human embryonic stem cells can be induced to spontaneously form developing brain tissue During development, the nervous system forms as...

An interdisciplinary study led by Dr Ali Tavassoli, a Reader in chemical biology at the University of Southampton, has shown...

A cure for type 1 diabetes has long eluded even the top experts. Not because they do not know what...

Pancreatic cancer is a particularly devastating disease. At least 94 percent of patients will die within five years, and in...

Researchers at the University of Arizona and the University of Illinois have developed tiny power generators that can convert the...

Rsearchers of Freie Universität Berlin, of the Bernstein Fokus Neuronal Basis of Learning, and of the Bernstein Center Berlin and...

Maybe you’ve seen the movies or played with toy Transformers, those shape-shifting machines that morph in response to whatever challenge...

By now nearly everyone has heard about “normal” 3-D printers, but 3D Bioprinters? It is seldom that one product, in...

Since continuous miniaturization in microelectronics is already starting to reach the physical limits, researchers are seeking new methods for device...

An unusual reprogramming phenomenon by which the fate of somatic cells can be drastically altered through changes to the external...

A central question has been answered regarding a protein that plays an essential role in the bacterial immune system and...

Scientists in Japan showed stem cells can now be made quickly just by dipping blood cells into acid. Stem cells...

Scientists from Berlin and Heidelberg use artificial nerve cells to classify different types of data Thus, they may recognize handwritten...

A team of researchers at the University of Toronto has discovered a method of assembling "building blocks" of gold nanoparticles...

Investigators at Johns Hopkins report they have developed human induced-pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) capable of repairing damaged retinal vascular tissue...

MIT neuroscientists have now discovered how two neural circuits in the brain work together to control the formation of such...

The novel biosensor developed by scientists at Rice University in collaboration with colleagues in Thailand and Ireland may make the...

Living cells are ready for their close-ups, thanks to a new imaging technique that needs no dyes or other chemicals,...

The alien world of aquatic micro-organisms just got new residents: synthetic self-propelled swimming bio-bots. A team of engineers has developed...