Researchers Advance Toward Engineering ‘Wildly New Genome’
In two parallel projects, researchers have created new genomes inside the bacterium E. coli in ways that test the limits of genetic reprogramming and open...
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Amputees May Feel Touches with Limbs Linked to Brain
Our ability to grasp and manipulate objects relies on feedback from our sense of touch. Without these signals from the hand, we would have trouble...
Method of Recording Brain Activity Could Lead to Mind-Reading Devices
A brain region activated when people are asked to perform mathematical calculations in an experimental setting is similarly activated when they use numbers -- or...
Researcher develops new medicine that attacks HIV before it integrates with human DNA
Thirty-four million people are living with human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, worldwide and each year some 2.5 million more are infected, according to the World...
Tracking viral DNA in the cell
The medical, humanitarian and economical impact of viral diseases is devastating to humans and livestock. There are no adequate therapies available against most viral diseases,...
Biology is the new software
Pointing to a Nike Flyknit Racer -- the lime-green trainers, worn by many athletes during London 2012, that use a single knitted layer of fabric...
New Theory of Synapse Formation in the Brain
The human brain keeps changing throughout a person's lifetime. New connections are continually created while synapses that are no longer in use degenerate. To date,...
Scientists create technique for high-speed, low-cost epigenomic mapping
A new technique developed by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine could pave the way to an era of personalized epigenomics. The technique,...
Blood Vessel Cells Can Repair, Regenerate Organs
Damaged or diseased organs may someday be healed with an injection of blood vessel cells, eliminating the need for donated organs and transplants, according to...
Mice With Human Immune Cells Give Researchers New View of Dengue Fever
Dengue fever, an infectious tropical disease found in more than 100 countries, has no cure and no vaccine. One reason why it has been difficult...
I hope that some day scientists can be considered heroes again, instead of Paris Hilton
I hope that some day scientists can be considered heroes again, instead of Paris Hilton. - Walter Isaacson
Junk DNA Reveals Disease-Causing Genetic Mutations
Scientists have revealed nearly 100 genetic variants implicated in the development of cancers such as breast cancer and prostate cancer. Credits: Mark Gerstein The new...
Biobridge: Research Reveals Stem Cells Help Repair Traumatic Brain Injury
University of South Florida researchers have suggested a new view of how stem cells may help repair the brain following trauma. In a series of...
Neural stem cells pulled from rat’s brain using magnet
It's like pulling a rabbit out of a hat. Researchers have reached inside the brain of a rat and pulled out neural stem cells –...