Human blood cells can be directly reprogrammed into neural stem cells
An important step for regenerative medicine Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the stem cell institute HI-STEM* in Heidelberg have succeeded for...
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Artificial intelligence system learns to diagnose, classify intracranial hemorrhage
Mass.-General-developed system able to 'explain' reasons behind decisions based on CT scan imagesCredit: Hyunkwang Lee, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Sehyo Yune,...
A novel mechanism that regulates cellular injury by phagocytes during inflammation
Credit: Kanazawa University Lysosomes are filled with more than 50 different hydrolytic enzymes, which are capable of digesting most cellular components. Notably, activated phagocytes secrete...
Structure and function of photosynthesis protein explained in detail
Photosynthetic complex I is a key element in photosynthetic electron transport, but little has been known about it so farCredit: RUB, Marquard An international team...
Researchers suggest ways to reduce head impacts in youth football
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Dec. 21, 2018 - The high head impact and concussion rates in football are of increasing concern, especially for younger players. Recent...
Looking at molecules from two sides with table-top femtosecond soft-X-rays
Credit: MBI Berlin X-ray spectroscopy provides direct access into the nature of chemical bonds, from which the outcome of chemical reactions can be understood. For...
Simple method rescues stressed liver cells
Isolated human hepatocytes are essential tools in preclinical and clinical liver research, but cell quality is highly variable. Now, researchers from Uppsala University have devised...
The brain's support cells show defective development in Huntington's disease
The neurological disorder Huntington's disease causes behavioural and motor changes, which among other things are a result of dysfunctional maturation or formation of glial cells,...
North-star perspectives for Actinium-225 production at commercial scale
This article by Dr. James T. Harvey is published in Current Radiopharmaceuticals, Volume 11 , Issue 3 , 2018Credit: Bentham Science Publisher, James T. Harvey...
Preparation, characterization and in vitro biological activity of Soyasapogenol B
This article by Dr. Ahmed A. Haroun et al. is published in Current Bioactive Compounds, Volume 14 , Issue 4 , 2018Credit: Bentham Science Publisher,...
Kidney patients are the most complex patients
A study published in JAMA Network Open showed: nephrologists treat the most complex patients. As ERA-EDTA president Professor Carmine Zoccali explains, kidney patients are highly...
Columbia professor uses data science to create personalized cancer therapies
Columbia's Andrea Califano has developed a highly-predictive computer platform that can analyze all tumor types and predict which drug or drugs will be most effective...
Pollutants from wildfires affect crop and vegetation growth hundreds of kilometers from impact zone
Credit: Credit Wuxing Wan Pollutants from wild fires affect crop and vegetation growth hundreds of kilometres from impact zone, research shows The startling extent to...
Fire air pollution weakens forest productivity
Credit: Xu Yue Fire is an important element of Earth system. Every year, global fires directly emit 2 Pg C (billion-ton carbon) into atmosphere, which...
Forget-me-not: Scientists pinpoint memory mechanism in plants
Plant scientists at the Universities of Birmingham and Nottingham have unravelled a mechanism that enables flowering plants to sense and 'remember' changes in their environment....
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