Replicating the connection between muscles and nerves
MIT engineers have developed a microfluidic device that replicates the neuromuscular junction — the vital connection where nerve meets muscle. The device, about the size...
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Kay Tye receives Freedman Prize for Exceptional Basic Research
On Tuesday, the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation announced the winners of its annual Klerman and Freedman Prizes. Kay M. Tye, the Whitehead Career Development...
Discovery of male-harming DNA mutation reinforces ‘mother’s curse’ hypothesis
There is new evidence that the “mother’s curse” – the possibility that moms may transmit genes to their children that harm their sons but not...
Targeting genes by the thousands
Tim Wang came to MIT six years ago with a simple plan: He wanted to take a genetic approach to studying cancer. A PhD candidate...
Yale researchers shed light on evolutionary mystery: Origins of the female orgasm
Female orgasm seems to be a happy afterthought of our evolutionary past when it helped stimulate ovulation, a new study of mammals shows. The role...
Why working the night shift can pose a cancer risk
A handful of large studies of cancer risk factors have found that working the night shift, as nearly 15 percent of Americans do, boosts the...
Patch that delivers drug, gene, and light-based therapy to tumor sites shows promising results
Approximately one in 20 people will develop colorectal cancer in their lifetime, making it the third-most prevalent form of the disease in the U.S. In...
Imaging the brain at multiple size scales
MIT researchers have developed a new technique for imaging brain tissue at multiple scales, allowing them to peer at molecules within cells or take a...
Researchers identify genome-modifying enzyme linked to Rett Syndrome
People with Rett Syndrome, a rare and debilitating neurodevelopmental disorder, exhibit many autism-like traits. Now researchers at MIT have identified a protein that plays an...
New sun cream compound offers unprecedented protection against UVA radiation
Credit: AP Commercial Photography A new wonder compound developed by University of Bath scientists in collaboration with King’s College London offers unprecedented protection against the...
Cancer-fighting bacteria
Researchers at MIT and the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) have recruited some new soldiers in the fight against cancer — bacteria. In...
Social robots — programmable by everyone
Credit: © ScienceRELATIONSThe startup LuxAI was created following a research project at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) of the University of...
Nanoparticle versus cancer
The Lomonosov Moscow State University researchers in collaboration with their German colleagues have succeeded in proving that silicon nanoparticles can be applied to diagnose and...
Cancer stem cells in ‘robbers cave’ may explain poor prognosis for obese patients
Across many cancer types, obese patients fare worse than leaner patients. Now a University of Colorado Cancer Center study published in the journal Cell Stem...
Detecting melanoma early, without a biopsy
FORT COLLINS, COLO. – Melanoma is a form of skin cancer that becomes dangerous when it spreads, but is treatable in its early stages. Doctors...