Researchers explain how our immune system kills abnormal blood cells
A team of researchers at the IRCM, led by André Veillette, MD, explains how our immune system kills abnormal blood cells. Their discovery, recently published...
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Synthetic gene circuits pump up cell signals
Synthetic genetic circuitry created by researchers at Rice University is helping them see, for the first time, how to regulate cell mechanisms that degrade the...
U.K. scientists make noses, ears and other body parts in lab
In a north London hospital, scientists are growing noses, ears and blood vessels in the laboratory in a bold attempt to make body parts using...
Look into the future with genetic programming
With predictive modeling techniques, it is possible to predict anything from clients’ shopping habits and illnesses to a golfer’s handicap. The only prerequisite is to...
Movies synchronize brains
When we watch a movie, our brains react to it immediately in a way similar to other people's brains. Researchers at Aalto University in Finland...
New mechanism for unleashing immune system against cancer
A major discovery that brings a new drug target to the increasingly exciting landscape of cancer immunotherapy was published yesterday by researchers from La Jolla...
Blood test could provide rapid, accurate method of detecting solid cancers
A blood sample could one day be enough to diagnose many types of solid cancers, or to monitor the amount of cancer in a patient’s...
Key Cells in Touch Sensation
Skin cells use new molecule to send touch information to the brain. In a study published online today in the journal Nature, a team of...
Experts decode germs’ DNA to fight food poisoning
Chances are you've heard of mapping genes to diagnose rare diseases, predict your risk of cancer and tell your ancestry. But to uncover food poisonings?...
Researchers Figured Out How to Create New Embryos
Scientists at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have overcome one of the greatest challenges in biology and taken a major step toward being...
Math modeling integral to synthetic biology research
A long-standing challenge in synthetic biology has been to create gene circuits that behave in predictable and robust ways. Mathematical modeling experts from the University...
Zombie cancer cells eat themselves to live
A University of Colorado Cancer Center study recently published in the journal Cell Reports and presented today at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)...
Light-activated neurons from stem cells restore function to paralysed muscles
A new way to artificially control muscles using light, with the potential to restore function to muscles paralysed by conditions such as motor neuron disease...
DARPA Boosts Funding for All Things Biological
DARPA, the U.S. defense agency devoted to high-risk, high-reward research, has traditionally dedicated its resources to the physical sciences: nuclear bomb test detection, the stealth...
HIV successfully treated in prison and jail
Prisoners with HIV fare well with treatment during incarceration, a Yale study has found. The authors write that, with the lack of accessible community resources,...
