CRISPR editing in pancreatic cells reduced cell death and increased insulin secretion
With the help of the CRISPR/Cas9 gene scissors, researchers at Lund University Diabetes Centre in Sweden have managed to "turn off" an enzyme that proved...
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UA receives $1.5 million to study cancer in firefighters
Credit: Tucson Fire Department TUCSON, Ariz. - Researchers at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health will lead a collaborative...
Efficient catalysts key to turning water into fuel
While it is already scientifically possible to split water in this way, highly efficient catalysts like this are the key to moving the system to...
Perovskite solar cells hit new world efficiency record
Credit: Rob Largent/UNSW They're flexible, cheap to produce and simple to make - which is why perovskites are the hottest new material in solar cell...
Researchers take first look into the ‘eye’ of Majoranas
Credit: University of Basel, Department of Physics Majorana fermions are particles that could potentially be used as information units for a quantum computer. An experiment...
PharmaMar presents positive results with ADC MI130110 in CD13-expressing tumor cells
PharmaMar (MSE:PHM), a world leader in the discovery, development and commercialization of new antitumor compounds of a marine origin, has announced that its antibody-drug conjugate...
Metabolite that promotes cancer cell transformation and colorectal cancer spread identified
Credit: Osaka University A metabolite is found to make the colorectal cancer cells more invasive and increase likelihood of more tumors spreading to distant organs;...
New computational model provides a tool for improving the production of valuable drugs
Chinese hamster ovary cells (CHO) produce more than half of the top selling therapeutic proteins on the market today. These include cancer drugs, blood proteins,...
Protective barrier inside chromosomes helps to keep cells healthy
Fresh insights into the structures that contain our genetic material could explain how the body's cells stay healthy. A protective barrier formed inside each of...
Multiple sclerosis: Newly discovered signal mechanism causes T cells to turn pathogenic
Credit: Thomas Korn / TUM Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system attacks the patient's own cells. In this case,...
US public divided over food science
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Dec. 1, 2016) - The way Americans eat has become a source of potential social, economic and political friction as people follow personal...
The 4th International Symposium on Transformative Bio-Molecules (ISTbM-4)
The Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM) at Nagoya University in Japan, will be holding "The 4th International Symposium on Transformative Bio-Molecules (ISTbM-4)" on December 12-13,...
Suggestions for you: A better, faster recommendation algorithm
Credit: Antonia Godoy-Lorite et al. PNAS doi:10.1073/pnas.1606316113 The internet is rife with recommendation systems, suggesting movies you should watch or people you should date. These...
Making graphene using laser-induced phase separation
Credit: IBS All our smart phones have shiny flat AMOLED displays. Behind each single pixel of these displays hide at least two silicon transistors which...
Parkinson’s disease and cognitive decline: A genetic connection revealed
Boston, MA-- Although the hallmark symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD) - such as involuntary shaking, slowness of movement and muscle rigidity - are related to...
