Welcome to the Age of the Bionic Superbug
Like a silent bionic army, the era of the cyborg has crept upon us. Like a silent bionic army, the era of the cyborg has...
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Novel cancer vaccine holds promise against ovarian cancer
A novel approach to cancer immunotherapy – strategies designed to induce the immune system to attack cancer cells – may provide a new and cost-effective...
Motion-Sensing Cells in the Eye Let the Brain ‘Know’ About Directional Changes
How do we “know” from the movements of speeding car in our field of view if it’s coming straight toward us or more likely to...
Studies show big promise for HIV prevention drug
Exciting research suggests that a shot every one to three months may someday give an alternative to the daily pills that some people take now...
Manufacturing a solution to planet-clogging plastics
Research team paves way to scale up manufacturing of large objects using a fully compostable bioplastic made from shrimp shells Researchers at Harvard's Wyss Institute...
Brain development provides insights into adolescent depression
A new study led by the University of Melbourne and Orygen Youth Health Research Centre is the first to discover that the brain develops differently...
Stem cell advance yields mature heart muscle cells
A team of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers has induced human embryonic stem cells (hESC) to differentiate toward pure-population, mature heart muscle cells, or cardiomyocytes.A team...
Simple blood test could improve treatment for deadly childhood cancer
A simple blood test* could pinpoint which children are unlikely to respond to treatment for a particularly aggressive form of neuroblastoma, according to a study...
Researchers find protein ‘switch’ central to heart cell division
In a study that began in a pair of infant siblings with a rare heart defect, Johns Hopkins researchers say they have identified a key...
Novel blood screen reveals risk of dying
Researchers have identified four biomarkers that help to identify people at high risk of dying from any disease within the next five years. Photo: 123rf...
Rise of the human exoskeletons
Engineers in Italy have developed a wearable robot which they claim is the most sophisticated built in the world to date On the outskirts of...
Study finds less cooperation among women than among men where hierarchy is involved
It's long been a popular stereotype: Men are hugely competitive, meaning cooperative effort is the exception rather than the norm, while women have a tendency...
A Powerful New Way to Edit DNA
In the late 1980s, scientists at Osaka University in Japan noticed unusual repeated DNA sequences next to a gene they were studying in a common...
Imaging dynamics of small biomolecules inside live cells
Columbia researchers develop a general optical imaging platform to examine activities of a broad range of small biomolecules in living cells and animals Columbia University...
Building Artificial Cells Will Be a Noisy Business
Engineers like to make things that work. And if one wants to make something work using nanoscale components—the size of proteins, antibodies, and viruses—mimicking the...
