Creating hairy human skin: Not as easy as you think
New culture technique opens the door for new treatment for wound and burn treatments, testing drugs and cosmetics; the technique ...
Tag: Biology
New technique for engineering living materials and patterns
Credit: University of Warwick Engineered living materials (ELMs) is a new class of materials that exploit the properties of living ...
UTEP researchers help bring biofriendly materials to drug design for neuro disorders
Credit: Mahesh Narayan EL PASO, Texas - The contributions of researchers from The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) ...
Diet, gut microbes affect cancer treatment outcomes, research suggests
Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications What we eat can affect the outcome of chemotherapy - and likely many other ...
A tiny arctic shrub reveals secrets of plant growth on Svalbard
Counting tiny rings showed synchronous growth across an entire arctic archipelagoCredit: Lisa Sandal, NTNU The polar willow (Salix polaris) may ...
T cell immunity in the elderly
Credit: (C) Felix Kraus - Monash BDI A study by Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) expands the understanding of the ...
Protecting the kidneys from failing
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba identify the protein MafB as a novel protectant against focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and renal ...
Fighting mosquito-borne viruses requires a precise balance of immune cells
Future vaccines will need to harness the power of T cells in preventing Zika fever and Japanese encephalitisCredit: Madeline McCurry-Schmidt, ...
To think like a dinosaur
Palaeontologists at St Petersburg University created the most detailed virtual 3D-model of the endocranial cast and blood vessels of the ...
Scientists made a single-cell-resolution map of brain genes in humans and other primates
Credit: Pavel Odinev/ Skoltech A group of scientists led by Philipp Khaitovich, a professor at Skoltech, conducted a large-scale study ...
Ancient DNA provides new insights into the early peopling of the Caribbean
New study reveals multiple waves of settlement and connections to the American mainlandCredit: Tom Björklund. According to a new study ...
New image of a cancer-related enzyme in action helps explain gene regulation
Credit: Song Tan, Penn State New images of an enzyme in action as it interacts with the chromosome could provide ...
New study reveals areas of brain where recognition and identification occur
Credit: Oscar Woolnough, PhD, postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Neurosurgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth in Houston. ...
Deadly bacterial infection in pigs deciphered
Credit: © Conrad von Schubert New-born piglets often die painfully from infection with an intestinal bacterium. A team of researchers ...