TIGER mouse debuts as model for neurological ailments
Credit: David Feliciano / Victoria Neckles CLEMSON, South Carolina - New research published today in Scientific Reports has devised a ...
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Kidney disease killer vulnerable to targeted nano therapy
CLEMSON, South Carolina -- By loading a chelation drug into a nano-sized homing device, researchers at Clemson University have reversed ...
Renal reabsorption in living devices
3D bioprinted, vascularized proximal tubules mimic the human kidney's reabsorption functionsCredit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University (CAMBRIDGE, Mass.) -- Every ...
NextCure and Yale publish Nature Medicine paper detailing novel immunomedicine target Siglec-15
-- S15 represents a potential novel target for patients not responding to current immunotherapy drugs -- -- S15 is a ...
Gut immune cells play by their own rules
Revealing the gut's B-cell training program may point to new means of developing oral vaccines Only a few vaccines - ...
Chemists ‘print’ sensors for nano-objects
Young scientists from ITMO University proposed a new type of optical nano-sensors. Their operating principle is based on the interaction ...
Drying without dying: How resurrection plants survive without water
Aquaphotomics sheds light on how plants control their water structure to surviveCredit: Kobe University A small group of plants known ...
Turning algae into fuel
University of Utah engineers develop fast method to convert algae to biocrudeCredit: Dan Hixson/University of Utah College of Engineering Biofuel ...
Spider silk could be used as robotic muscle
Unusual property of the ultrastrong material could be harnessed for twisting or pulling motions CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Spider silk, already ...
Study first to show processes determining fate of new RNA pesticide in soils
Researchers find that clinging to soil particles slows degradation in new, gene-silencing pesticide A new generation of pesticides can be ...
Researchers develop techniques to track the activity of a potent cancer gene
Researchers at the National Cancer Institute use novel tools to reveal that cancer gene MYC causes global changes in gene ...
Tool reveals molecular causes of disease, including infant cancer
Credit: Troyanskaya Lab Princeton University researchers are gaining new insights into the causes and characteristics of diseases by harnessing machine ...
No wires, more cuddles: Sensors are first to monitor babies in the NICU without wires
Soft, flexible sensors provide clinical-grade measurements, allow physical bonding between baby and parentCredit: Northwestern University EVANSTON, Ill. --- An interdisciplinary ...
Engineer to develop drug-filled gel to heart damage
The material should also help preserve the heart's structural support networkCredit: Washington University in St. Louis After a heart attack, ...
Mobile bedside bioprinter can heal wounds
Credit: WFIRM video WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., - Feb. 28, 2019 - Imagine a day when a bioprinter filled with a patient's ...
Shedding light — literally — on resistance to radiation therapy
A new Johns Hopkins study offers promise towards someday being able to non-invasively examine changes in cancerous tumors to determine ...
Yeast produce low-cost, high-quality cannabinoids
Scientists alter yeast metabolism to produce THC, CBDCredit: Jay Keasling lab, UC Berkeley University of California, Berkeley, synthetic biologists have ...
A new method for precision drug delivery: Painting
Researchers are integrating ultrasound imaging with ultrasound therapy to pave the way for a new kind of drug deliveryCredit: Hong ...
Infectious diseases could be diagnosed with smartphones in sub-Saharan Africa
The review, published in Nature, outlines how healthcare workers in low-income countries, like those in sub-Saharan Africa, could use existing ...
A water-splitting catalyst unlike any other
Electricity can be generated by renewable sources such as sunlight, wind Electricity can then be used to split water, which ...
