Scientists have created the first cloaked DNA nanodevice
It's a familiar trope in science fiction: In enemy territory, activate your cloaking device. And real-world viruses use similar tactics to make themselves invisible to...
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A new way to enhance nerve growth following injury
New research published today out of the University of Calgary's Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI) uncovers a mechanism to promote growth in damaged nerve cells as...
Repairing DNA
Our DNA is under constant attack from many sources, including environmental pollutants, ultraviolet light, and radiation. Fortunately, cells have several major DNA repair systems that...
Modified stem cells offer potential pathway to treat Alzheimer’s disease
UC Irvine neurobiologists have found that genetically modified neural stem cells show positive results when transplanted into the brains of mice with the symptoms and...
Mice with human livers would have saved lives
Seven of 15 patients developed severe liver toxicity and died after taking a hepatitis B drug as part of a clinical trial in the early...
In a cloning first, scientists create stem cells from adults
Eighteen years ago, scientists in Scotland took the nuclear DNA from the cell of an adult sheep and put it into another sheep's egg cell...
Simplicity is key to co-operative robots
A way of making hundreds - or even thousands - of tiny robots cluster to carry out tasks without using any memory or processing power...
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