Simple Method Turns Skin Cells Into White Blood Cells
The fast and safe technique developed at the Salk Institute circumvents problems that have hindered regenerative medicine. Scanning electron micrograph of T lymphocyte (right), a...
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Scientists map white matter connections within the human brain
Roughly 100 trillion connections between neurons make it possible for the brain to function. Psychology Professor Brian Wandell's group has devised a technique for mapping...
Scientists revert human stem cells to pristine state
Researchers at EMBL-EBI have resolved a long-standing challenge in stem cell biology by successfully 'resetting' human pluripotent stem cells to a fully pristine state, at...
The interactive brain
Amy Griffin, associate professor of psychological and brain sciences at the University of Delaware, has received a five-year, $1.78 million grant from the National Institute...
Researchers Create World’s Largest DNA Origami
Researchers from North Carolina State University, Duke University and the University of Copenhagen have created the world’s largest DNA origami, which are nanoscale constructions with...
Building Replacement Kidneys in the Lab
Regenerative medicine researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have addressed a major challenge in the quest to build replacement kidneys in the lab. Working...
Nuclear waste eaters
Although bacteria with waste-eating properties have been discovered in relatively pristine soils before, this is the first time that microbes that can survive in the...
Cell Smashes and Rebuilds Its Own Genome
Life can be so intricate and novel that even a single cell can pack a few surprises, according to a study led by Princeton University...
How the brain finds what it’s looking for
Despite the barrage of visual information the brain receives, it retains a remarkable ability to focus on important and relevant items. This fall, for example,...
Synthetic messenger boosts immune system
Specific immune cells, known as T lymphocytes, have to be activated so that the body can develop long-term protection against infections. Previously, it was believed...
Artificial cells take their first steps: Movable cytoskeleton membrane fabricated for first time
Using only a few ingredients, the biophysicist Prof. Andreas Bausch and his team at the Technische Universität München (TUM) have successfully implemented a minimalistic model...
Scientists call for investigation of mysterious cloud-like collections in cells
About 50 years ago, electron microscopy revealed the presence of tiny blob-like structures that form inside cells, move around and disappear. But scientists still don't...
Memory in silent neurons
According to a generally-accepted model of synaptic plasticity, a neuron that communicates with others of the same kind emits an electrical impulse as well as...
A new way to diagnose malaria
Using magnetic fields, technique can detect parasite’s waste products in infected blood cells. Red blood cells from a patient infected with Plasmodium falciparum. Photo Credit:...
Neurons in human skin perform advanced calculations
Neurons in human skin perform advanced calculations, previously believed that only the brain could perform. This is according to a study from Umeå University in...