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A bit of pressure from a new shrinking, sponge-like gel is all it takes to turn transplanted unspecialized cells into cells that lay down minerals and begin to form teeth.
Mar 5th, 2014
Read moreStudy shows that devices from silkworm silk are potentially attractive alternatives to metal and synthetic-based systems.
Mar 4th, 2014
Read moreScientists at The Scripps Research Institute have invented small-molecule folding probes that enable them to quantify functional, normally folded and disease-associated misfolded conformations (shapes) of a protein-of-interest in cells under different conditions.
Mar 4th, 2014
Read moreAn internet service which allows scientists to find antibodies for use in their research is now the largest antibody search engine in a $2billion industry, and ranked number one by Google.
Feb 28th, 2014
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Researchers have developed a new method that allows scientists to pinpoint thousands of mRNAs and other types of RNAs at once in intact cells - all while determining the sequence of letters, or bases, that identify them and reveal what they do.
Feb 27th, 2014
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At Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron's PETRA III research light source, scientists have carried out the first studies of living biological cells using high-energy X-rays. The new method for the first time enables us to investigate the internal structures of living cells in their natural environment using hard X-rays.
Feb 27th, 2014
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Chemists from Radboud University Nijmegen and the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM) have succeeded in producing detailed 3D structures of selected peptides - the building blocks of proteins.
Feb 27th, 2014
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Stars, diamonds, circles. Rather than your average bowl of Lucky Charms, these are three-dimensional cell cultures generated by an exciting new digital microfluidics platform.
Feb 26th, 2014
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Researchers demonstrate a new material's potential by using it to replicate the biological motion of the heart, and also developed a matching 3D computer model of it.
Feb 26th, 2014
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For the first time, a group of scientists has been able to observe intact interactions between proteins, directly in the brain of a live animal.
Feb 24th, 2014
Read moreScientists have made an important breakthrough: they have discovered a way to transform skin cells into mature, fully functioning liver cells that flourish on their own, even after being transplanted into laboratory animals modified to mimic liver failure.
Feb 23rd, 2014
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An international team led by The University of Texas at Dallas has discovered that ordinary fishing line and sewing thread can be cheaply converted to powerful artificial muscles.
Feb 20th, 2014
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A new bioprinting method developed at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences creates intricately patterned 3-D tissue constructs with multiple types of cells and tiny blood vessels. The work represents a major step toward a longstanding goal of tissue engineers: creating human tissue constructs realistic enough to test drug safety and effectiveness.
Feb 19th, 2014
Read moreBiochemists from Konstanz develop genetic switch to control cancer-fighting viruses.
Feb 19th, 2014
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Researchers have made important discoveries regarding the behavior of a synthetic molecular oscillator, which could help create artificial cells.
Feb 18th, 2014
Read moreRefining genomic data may help researchers gain traction against human disease.
Feb 18th, 2014
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Researchers have developed the technology for a catheter-based device that would provide forward-looking, real-time, three-dimensional imaging from inside the heart, coronary arteries and peripheral blood vessels.
Feb 18th, 2014
Read morePlop living, swimming bacteria into a novel water-based, nontoxic liquid crystal and a new physics takes over. The dynamic interaction of the bacteria with the liquid crystal creates a novel form of soft matter: living liquid crystal.
Feb 18th, 2014
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