Cancer study may accidentally help researchers create usable blood stem cells
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center A massive research effort over more than a quarter century has tried to make personalized blood stem cells for...
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Physicists design ‘super-human’ red blood cells to deliver drugs to specific targets
Credit: Georgia Kirkos, McMaster University A team of physicists from McMaster University has developed a process to modify red blood cells so they can be...
Structual color barcode micromotors for multiplex biosensing
Credit: ©Science China Press Micromotors are artificial microscale devices which can achieve autonomous movement by converting supplied fuels or externally provided energy into kinetic energy....
Researchers develop first diagnostic test for novel coronavirus in China
A joint press release by Charité and the DZIFCredit: Photo: Dr. Fred Murphy & Sylvia Whitfield/CDC Researchers from the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF)...
Pretty with a twist
Complex porous, chiral nano-patterns arise from a simple linear building blockCredit: Bodong Zhang / TUM Nanoscience can arrange minute molecular entities into nanometric patterns in...
Progress in unraveling the mystery of the genomics of Parkinson’s disease
The International Parkinson Disease Genomics Consortium (IPDGC) reviews the progress made since it was founded ten years ago and looks ahead at future research priorities...
How decisions unfold in a zebrafish brain
Credit: Laboratory of Neurotechnology and Biophysics Some things we do appear almost automatic, like opening the fridge when feeling hungry or flipping on the air...
Niels Geijsen appointed new co-editor-in-chief of StemJournal
Credit: StemJournal Amsterdam, January 16, 2020 - StemJournal is pleased to announce the expansion of its editorial leadership with the appointment of Niels Geijsen, PhD,...
A wearable gas sensor for health and environmental monitoring
Credit: Cheng Lab/Penn State A highly sensitive, wearable gas sensor for environmental and human health monitoring may soon become commercially available, according to researchers at...
Most youths surviving opioid overdose not getting timely treatment to avoid recurrence
Credit: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention A study of more than 4 million Medicaid claims records during a recent seven-year period concludes that...
Organs-on-Chips Centre opens in UK for advancements in medical research and drug development
Credit: Emulate, Inc. A new research centre which aims to revolutionise medical research and drug development using microengineered Organs-on-Chips has opened at Queen Mary University...
Local activism can’t be crushed, research finds. At most, it changes target
New research by Fabrizio Perretti and Alessandro Piazza in the Strategic Management Journal finds that when community activists reach their goals, they galvanize; when they...
Parents with terminally ill children tend to hide emotional pain from their spouses
Credit: NTU Singapore A study of families in Singapore with terminally ill children found that parents tend to defer discussing their psychological pain with their...
Nanopore sequencing of African swine fever virus
Credit: ©Science China Press African swine fever (ASF) is one of the most pathogenic viral diseases in pigs caused by African swine fever virus (ASFV)....
Scientists discover link between ALS genes
Study holds promise for ALS treatmentsCredit: University of Malta The enzyme Gemin3 was identified as the molecular 'bridge' between genes whose mutation or disruption causes...
