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Key Cells in Touch Sensation
Skin cells use new molecule to send touch information to the brain. In a study published online today in the...
Experts decode germs’ DNA to fight food poisoning
Chances are you've heard of mapping genes to diagnose rare diseases, predict your risk of cancer and tell your ancestry....
Researchers Figured Out How to Create New Embryos
Scientists at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have overcome one of the greatest challenges in biology and taken...
Math modeling integral to synthetic biology research
A long-standing challenge in synthetic biology has been to create gene circuits that behave in predictable and robust ways. Mathematical...
Zombie cancer cells eat themselves to live
A University of Colorado Cancer Center study recently published in the journal Cell Reports and presented today at the American...
Light-activated neurons from stem cells restore function to paralysed muscles
A new way to artificially control muscles using light, with the potential to restore function to muscles paralysed by conditions...
HIV successfully treated in prison and jail
Prisoners with HIV fare well with treatment during incarceration, a Yale study has found. The authors write that, with the...
Immune cell defenders protect us from bacteria invasion
An international team of researchers including University of Melbourne staff has identified the exact biochemical key that awakes the body’s...
DNA fix for school timetables
Scientists in Russia plan to use DNA - our genetic material - to help them solve one of the perennial...
Bioengineer Studying How the Brain Controls Movement
University of California, San Diego research team led by bioengineer Gert Cauwenberghs is working to understand how the brain circuitry...
New insight into links among nitrogen, herbivores and plant biodiversity
Iowa – A highly collaborative approach to gathering data spearheaded by Iowa State University faculty and students has revealed new...
Switching Brain Cells with Less Light
Networked nerve cells are the control center of organisms. In a nematode, 300 nerve cells are sufficient to initiate complex...
New discovery gives hope that nerves could be repaired after spinal cord injury
A new discovery suggests it could one day be possible to chemically reprogram and repair damaged nerves after spinal cord...
Japan lab says stem cell research falsified
A Japanese government-funded laboratory says it has found data in a widely heralded stem-cell research paper was falsified, holding one...
Can antibiotics cause autoimmunity?
The code for every gene includes a message at the end of it that signals the translation machinery to stop....
Scientists discover a protein in nerves that determines which brain connections stay and which go
A newborn baby, for all its cooing cuddliness, is a data acquisition machine, absorbing information to finish honing the job...
Major breakthrough in stem cell manufacturing technology
Scientists at The University of Nottingham have developed a new substance which could simplify the manufacture of cell therapy in...
Cybathlon 2016: first ‘Olympics’ for bionic athletes
Cybathlon, a Swiss-hosted Olympics for bionic athletes, will be held in October 2016.The Cybathlon is a championship for racing pilots...
Embryonic stem cells: Reprogramming in early embryos
An Oregon Health & Science University scientist has been able to make embryonic stem cells from adult mouse body cells...
Researchers identify good bacteria that protects against HIV
Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston by growing vaginal skin cells outside the body and studying...
