Study shows where damaged DNA goes for repair
A Tufts University study sheds new light on the process by which DNA repair occurs within the cell. In research published in the May 15...
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How to reset a diseased cell
Researchers demonstrate the ability to tune medically relevant cell behaviors by manipulating a key hub in cell communication networks. The manipulation of this communication node,...
DNA repair map of the entire human genome
When the common chemotherapy drugs cisplatin or oxaliplatin hit cancer cells, they damage DNA so that the cells can't replicate. But the cells have ways...
Viruses: You’ve heard the bad — here’s the good
"The word, virus, connotes morbidity and mortality, but that bad reputation is not universally deserved," said Marilyn Roossinck, PhD, Professor of Plant Pathology and Environmental...
Scientists discover key driver of human aging
A study tying the aging process to the deterioration of tightly packaged bundles of cellular DNA could lead to methods of preventing and treating age-related...
Using nature to grow batteries
Inspired by an abalone shell, Angela Belcher programs viruses to make elegant nanoscale structures that humans can use. Selecting for high-performing genes through directed evolution,...
Transforming all donated blood into a universal type
Every day, thousands of people need donated blood. But only blood without A- or B-type antigens, such as type O, can be given to all...
Recruiting the entire immune system to attack cancer
The human immune system is poised to spring into action at the first sign of a foreign invader, but it often fails to eliminate tumors...
How to identify drugs that work best for each patient
Implantable device could allow doctors to test cancer drugs in patients before prescribing chemotherapy. More than 100 drugs have been approved to treat cancer, but...
Switching On One-Shot Learning in the Brain
Most of the time, we learn only gradually, incrementally building connections between actions or events and outcomes. But there are exceptions—every once in a while,...
Breakthrough in 3-D printing of replacement body parts
QUT biofabrication team has made a major breakthrough by 3D printing mechanically reinforced, tissue engineered constructs for the regeneration of body parts.In an article published...
Scientists observe deadly dance between nerves, cancer cells
In certain types of cancer, nerves and cancer cells enter an often lethal and intricate waltz where cancer cells and nerves move toward one another...
A digital field guide to cancer cells
Using advanced technology and an approach that merges engineering and medicine, a Yale University-led team has compiled some of the most sophisticated data yet on...
What can brain-controlled prosthetics tell us about the brain?
The ceremonial opening kick of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Sao Paolo, Brazil, which was performed—with the help of a brain-controlled exo-skeleton—by a local...
Photovoltaic retinal implant could restore functional sight
A team led by Stanford University researchers has developed a wireless retinal implant that they say could restore vision five times better than existing devices....
