Engineers design ‘living materials’
An artist's rendering of a bacterial cell engineered to produce amyloid nanofibers that incorporate particles such as quantum dots (red and green spheres) or gold...
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First atlas of B-cell clones in body forms new foundation for infectious disease research
Credit: Alexander H. Farley PHILADELPHIA — A new “anatomic atlas” of how B cells – the immune system’s producer of antibodies – link up to...
The fight against tooth decay gets help with a new smart material from U of T researchers
Credit: Yodit Tedla/Faculty of Dentistry. When patients go to the dentist to fill a cavity, they're trying to solve a problem — not create a...
HIIT alters brain glucose metabolism in insulin resistant people
Credit: University of Turku Researchers at the University of Turku, Finland, studied how high-intensity interval training (HIIT) alters the brain's glucose metabolism in physically inactive...
Vascular risk factors and Alzheimer’s disease: A new therapeutic…
Credit: Neurological Clinic of the University Hospital Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona and Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy Ancona, Italy, August 2, 2017 – Currently, no...
Studies link healthy brain aging to omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids in…
Credit: Graphic by Julie McMahon CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Two new studies link patterns of polyunsaturated fatty acids in the blood to the integrity of brain...
Virginia Tech researchers trace the potato’s origins, learn about its untapped potential
Credit: Virginia Tech The comfort food we know and love today as the potato was domesticated between 8,000 and 10,000 years ago from a wild...
New computational method reveals chemoresistance drug targets
Credit: Osaka University Osaka – In cancer, one of the most important features is the methylation of deoxycytosine to form 5-methylcytosine (5mC). DNA methylation is...
New book on The Biology of the TGF-β Family from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Credit: Cover art created by Masato Morikawa, The University of Tokyo. Cold Spring Harbor, NY — Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (CSHLP) announced the release...
Arts and humanities in medical school promote empathy and inoculate against burnout
Credit: Tulane Health System (PHILADELPHIA and NEW ORLEANS) – Medical students who spend more time engaging in the arts may also be bolstering the qualities...
NUS researchers develop wireless light switch for targeted cancer therapy
Credit: National University of Singapore A team of scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed a way to wirelessly deliver light into...
New innovations to combat resistant infections
Two scientists at the University of Bristol have been awarded prestigious research grants to develop novel technologies that will help fight the rise of antimicrobial...
How text messaging could help tackle high blood pressure in at-risk…
Credit: Michigan Medicine ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Most primary care doctors will measure a patient's blood pressure during an appointment. Emergency department physicians do, too....
Muscles can ‘ask’ for the energy they need
Credit: Texas A&M Health Science Center Muscles require energy to perform all of the movements that we do in a day, and now, for the...
Peptide complex formed in the brain is responsible for Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: Vladimir Polshakov. Members of the Faculty of Fundamental Medicine at the Lomonosov Moscow State University have determined the structure of a peptide complex, formed...
