On the trail of cancer stem cells
Credit: © Samantha Praktiknjo, MDC Two research teams from the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine and their collaborators have produced a detailed cell atlas...
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Curing genetic disease in human cells
Credit: Eyleen de Poel en Maarten Geurts, copyright UMC Utrecht and Hubrecht Institute Utrecht, The Netherlands, 20th of February 2020. While the genome editing tool...
Tulane University launches new coronavirus research program to develop vaccine
Tulane National Primate Research Center working to develop a nonhuman primate model to study the disease's clinical progression, how it is transmitted and how it...
New discovery has important implications for treating common eye disease
Credit: Dr Sarah Doyle, Trinity College Dublin. Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have made an important discovery with implications for those living with a common,...
Finding new clues to brain cancer treatment
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Clinic use AI, radiological MRI scans, and genomics to determine relative life expectancy of glioblastoma patientsCredit: Case Western Reserve University...
Researchers show what drives a novel, ordered assembly of alternating peptides
Credit: Greg Hudalla A team of researchers has verified that it is possible to engineer two-layered nanofibers consisting of an ordered row of alternating peptides,...
Gladstone scientists identify new human genes controlling HIV infection
A new study uses large-scale genetic approach to uncover human genes controlling HIV infection.Credit: Lauren Bayless, Gladstone Institutes SAN FRANCISCO, CA February 20, 2020--Viruses are...
The Earth formed much faster than previously thought
Credit: StarPlan, Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen The precursor of our planet, the proto-Earth, formed within a time span of approximately five million years, shows...
18-hour year planet on edge of destruction
Astronomers from the University of Warwick have observed an exoplanet orbiting a star in just over 18 hours, the shortest orbital period ever observed for...
Research team tackles superbug infections with novel therapy
University of Cincinnati scientist patented treatment for stubborn pathogensCredit: Colleen Kelley/University of Cincinnati There may be a solution on the horizon to combating superbug infections...
Scientists aim to learn how serotonin modulates behavior
Credit: Steven Flavell Lab/ MIT Picower Institute In popular experience the story of how serotonin modulates the brain might seem simple: pop an antidepressant, serotonin...
Magnet-controlled bioelectronic implant could relieve pain
Rice engineer's MagNI can be wirelessly charged and programmed with magnetic fieldsCredit: Secure and Intelligent Micro-Systems Lab/Rice University HOUSTON - (Feb. 19, 2020) - A...
Risk of coronavirus importation in Africa
Credit: Vittoria Colizza and colleagues The COVID-19 coronavirus continues to spread in China and cases have been reported in more than 25 countries. The African...
Russian scientists found an effective way to obtain fuel for hydrogen engines
One of the most promising alternative energy sources is hydrogen, which can be extracted from water and air.Credit: Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University ne of...
In an Internet vacuum, private securities companies prosper in the ‘new wild west’
Credit: University of Portsmouth A "quiet" revolution in unregulated areas of the internet has led to the emergence of a new private security industry, according...
