Exploring the ethics of transplanting human brain organoids into animals
To address these concerns, this study aimed to examine potential ethical issues in the short, medium, and long term from two perspectives, namely, those related to...
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Potential of 3D human breast organoid models in advancing lactation research
The 3D human breast organoid model represents state-of-the-art technology that “floats” patient-derived or stem cell-derived human breast tissue in a gel-like substance known as the...
Major study validates Owkin’s best in class AI diagnostic for colorectal cancer biomarker aimed at optimizing patient access to immunotherapy
Paris and New York., 6 Nov 2023 – In a peer-reviewed study published today in Nature Communications, a team of scientists from French-American techbio Owkin...
Enhancing thermo-electrochemical cell efficiency
The beloved character Lightening Man, a children’s hero, and the protagonist of the popular action series, Moving, possess the extraordinary ability to harness electricity at...
Food waste prevention in Europe can generate major footprint savings
New research shows that European food consumption draws unnecessarily excessively on global resources, which is why researchers are calling for political action. Many of the...
Newly discovered bacterial transcription mechanism may inform synthetic biology engineering
Bacterial transcription is a production line of copying over genetic instructions from double stranded DNA to produce RNA, which is then used for the subsequent...
Incheon National University scientists develop new hydrogels for wound management
Open wounds, whether caused by accidents or from medical procedures like surgery, require proper management to speed up healing and prevent infections. While sutures and...
Nasal microorganism to the rescue? Study confirms protective role of bacterium in chronic rhinosinusitis
Like other countries in the world, Japan has witnessed a worrisome increase in the prevalence of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) over the last decade. An inflammatory...
Plants’ ingenious defence against mutational damage
Humans wouldn’t last long without plant mitochondria and chloroplasts. These essential compartments of plant cells famously capture sunlight and power plant life – and so,...
Video technology could transform how scientists monitor changes in species evolution and development
Scientists have made a major breakthrough in the study of species evolution, and provided further evidence that state-of-the-art visual technology can be used to track...
Physicists ask: Can we make a particle collider more energy efficient?
Ever since the discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012, physicists have wanted to build new particle colliders to better understand the properties of that...
Some benefits of exercise stem from the immune system
The connection between exercise and inflammation has captivated the imagination of researchers ever since an early 20th-century study showed a spike of white cells in the blood...
nTIDE October 2023 Jobs Report: People with disabilities maintain job gains as economy cools
East Hanover, NJ – November 3, 2023 – Experts reported little change in October’s employment indicators, as people with disabilities extended their historic highs into...
The kids aren’t alright: Saplings reveal how changing climate may undermine forests
As climate scientist Don Falk was hiking through a forest, the old, green pines stretched overhead. But he had the feeling that something was missing. Then his...
Texas A&M physicists play key role in milestone moment toward development of nuclear clock
An international research team involving Dr. Olga Kocharovskaya , a distinguished professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Texas A&M University, has taken a major step toward...
