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How Long Does It Take a Virus to Infect a Cell?
Viruses are as simple as they are "smart": too elementary to be able to reproduce by themselves, they exploit the...
Mechanism Behind Blood Stem Cells’ Longevity
The blood stem cells that live in bone marrow are at the top of a complex family tree. Such stem...
Dr. Frederick Sanger Has Died, Age 95
Dr. Frederick Sanger, recognized by many as the “father of genomics”, died Tuesday 19 November 2013, at the age of...
Researchers Grow Artificial Skin Using Umbilical Cord Stem Cells
This important scientific breakthrough, developed by the University of Granada, will aid the immediate use of artificially-grown skin for major...
Mysterious Virus Could Be Signal of Weak Immune System
More than 260,000 Americans are alive today thanks to transplant operations that have replaced their failing kidneys, hearts, lungs or...
Breaking the Code
You may be sensitive to gluten, but you’re not sure. Perhaps you can’t put your finger on a recurring malaise,...
Neanderthal viruses found in modern humans
Ancient viruses from Neanderthals have been found in modern human DNA by researchers at Oxford University and Plymouth University. The...
Potential for Investigational Bioengineered Vessel as Dialysis Graft
An investigational, man-made blood vessel used in vascular grafts for kidney dialysis patients may potentially show encouraging early results among...
Bionic implant to treat mental illness
UOW researchers are in the midst of developing an innovative brain implant to help treat people with mental illnesses such...
3D-Printed Heart Could Be Beating in 10 Years
An ambitious 3D-printed heart project aims to make a natural organ replacement for patients possible within a decade. But the...
Bacteria Recycle Broken DNA
From a bacteria’s perspective the environment is one big DNA waste yard. Researchers have now shown that bacteria can take...
Researchers Find Protein That Regulates Burning of Body Fat
The uncoupling Protein 1 (UCP1) is found exclusively in brown adipose tissue. Until some years ago it was thought that...
‘Mini-Kidney’ Structures Generated from Human Stem Cells
Diseases affecting the kidneys represent a major and unsolved health issue worldwide. The kidneys rarely recover function once they are...
Protein Coding ‘Junk Genes’ May Be Linked to Cancer
By using a new analysis method, researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab) in Sweden have found...
Chaotic Physics in Ferroelectrics Hints at Brain-Like Computing
Unexpected behaviour in ferroelectric materials explored by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory supports a new...
Building ‘nanomachines’ in biological outer space
Cambridge scientists have uncovered the mechanism by which bacteria build their surface propellers (flagella) – the long extensions that allow...
Mind-Reading Robots Coming Ever Closer
If you think with the release of every new i-device the world is getting closer to thought-controlled smart tech and...
Stem cell breakthrough could set up future transplant therapies
A new method for developing stem cells enables the production of liver and pancreatic cells in “clinically relevant” quantities for...
Single-Cell Genome Sequencing Gets Better
Researchers led by bioengineers at the University of California, San Diego have generated the most complete genome sequences from single...
HPV Inserts Own DNA Into Human DNA
The virus that causes cervical, head and neck, anal and other cancers can damage chromosomes and genes where it inserts...
