Where GM meets GE
Genome edited (GE) crops will be sown in a field this month for the first time in the UK as part of an experimental trial...
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Researchers operate lab-grown heart cells by remote control
Credit: UC San Diego Health Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and their collaborators have developed a technique that allows them...
Variations in placental microbiota appear related to premature birth
Washington, DC - May 18, 2018 - A team of researchers from the United Kingdom has found a surplus of pathogenic bacteria in placentas from...
UNC researchers discover how body temperature wrecks potential dengue, Zika vaccine
Credit: UNC School of Medicine CHAPEL HILL, NC - A major route toward creating effective vaccines against dengue virus and Zika involves the E protein...
Diamond ‘spin-off’ tech could lead to low-cost medical imaging and drug discovery tools
Credit: Berkeley Lab, UC Berkeley It may sound contradictory, but diamonds are the key to a new technique that could provide a very-low-cost alternative to...
Using virtual biopsies to improve melanoma detection
With Skin Cancer Awareness Month upon us, Colorado State University researcher Jesse Wilson is accelerating research to improve imaging and detection of melanoma, the most...
Giraffes surprise biologists yet again
Credit: Zoe Muller New research from the University of Bristol has highlighted how little we know about giraffe behaviour and ecology. It is commonly accepted...
Research offers new insights into malaria parasite
Credit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. (http://www.ucr.edu) - A team of researchers led by a University of California, Riverside, scientist has found that various...
Cardiomyopathy mutation reduces heart’s ability to vary pumping force, study reveals
Researchers from Washington State University have discovered how a genetic mutation linked to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) disrupts the heart's normal function. The study, which will...
Women sometimes feel regret after electing to freeze their eggs
Most women feel empowered by elective procedures that enable them to bank eggs in case they can't conceive naturally later in life, researchers at UC...
Optimum shade for cocoa
Credit: Wilma Blaser/ETH Zurich Chocolate consumption is increasing around the world. Yet, cocoa farmers, most of them smallholders, have to cope with ageing plantations, decreasing...
Brain simulation reveals benefits of emergency cooling treatment
Fresh insight into how the brain responds to medically induced cooling could inform treatments for head injuries and conditions such as stroke. The study, carried...
Matabele ants: Travelling faster with detours
Credit: Erik Frank Termites are the African Matabele ants' (Megaponera analis) favourite dish. Proceeding in long files of 200 to 600, they raid termites at...
Asian tiger mosquito on the move
Credit: Dorian D. Dörge FRANKFURT. Due to global trade and tourism, mosquitoes - transmitters of dangerous infectious diseases - have spread to almost every part...
Label-free method for rapid cancer diagnosis
Credit: RUB, Marquard Researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum have deployed a novel infrared (IR) microscope with quantum cascade lasers in order to analyse tissue samples taken...
