On target: UNC researcher arms platelets to deliver cancer immunotherapy
Credit: Photo courtesy of UNC-NC State Joint Biomedical Engineering Program. After surgery to remove a cancerous tumor -- even if the surgery is considered "successful"...
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Using simulation tools to optimize soft robotic systems
Credit: ©Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Jan.23, 2017 -- Simulation is a valuable tool to improve the energy efficiency of machines and...
Synthetic nanoparticles achieve the complexity of protein molecules
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University Chemists at Carnegie Mellon University have demonstrated that synthetic nanoparticles can achieve the same level of structural complexity, hierarchy and accuracy...
Hearst Foundation funds TGen research into cancer-related ‘wasting syndrome’
PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Jan. 23, 2017 -- The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) has received a $175,000 grant from the Hearst Foundation to study how...
Microscopic submarines for your stomach
Tiny "submarines" that speed independently through the stomach, use gastric acid for fuel (while rapidly neutralizing it), and release their cargo precisely at the desired...
How nicotine acts on the brains of schizophrenic patients
Several studies have indicated that schizophrenic patients are likely to show a high level of nicotine dependence. Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, the CNRS, Inserm...
Lithuania joins the EMBO Installation Grants scheme
EMBO Programme Manager, Gerlind Wallon, explained, "EMBO Installation Grants encourage talented young group leaders to establish laboratories in countries which might otherwise lose their top...
MacKinnon lab charts the anatomy of three molecular channels
Credit: Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology and Biophysics/The Rockefeller University Using a state-of-the-art imaging technology in which molecules are deep frozen, scientists in Roderick MacKinno..
Spanish scientists create a 3-D bioprinter to print human skin
Credit: UC3M This research has recently been published in the electronic version of the scientific journal Biofabrication. In this article, the team of researchers has...
UM announces creation of the Frost Institutes for Science and Engineering
CORAL GABLES, Fla., Jan. 23, 2017 - Recognizing the need to grow a global, interdisciplinary network focused on scientific discovery and solutions, the University of...
Engineers eat away at Ms. Pac-Man score with artificial player
Loading video... Credit: Cornell University Using a novel approach for computing real-time game strategy, engineers have developed an artificial Ms. Pac-Man player that chomps the...
Strategies designed to reduce excessive body temperature during exercise are explored
Doing exercise in hot environments leads to early fatigue owing to a range of physiological factors in which high body temperature is a significant one....
Research leads to new treatment recommendations for a high-risk pediatric leukemia
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital / Tina Motroni Research led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has identified three genetic alterations to help identify...
TCGA study identifies genomic features of cervical cancer
Investigators with The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Research Network have identified novel genomic and molecular characteristics of cervical cancer that will aid in the subclassification...
Breast cancer drugs stop working when tumors ‘make their own fuel’
The early-stage findings, from an international team led by Imperial College London and the European Institute of Oncology in Milan, reveal some breast tumours evolve...
