Ordinary skin cells morphed into functional brain cells
Scientists at CWRU School of Medicine discover new technique that holds promise for the treatment of multiple sclerosis and cerebral palsy.
Apr 14th, 2013
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Scientists at CWRU School of Medicine discover new technique that holds promise for the treatment of multiple sclerosis and cerebral palsy.
Apr 14th, 2013
Read moreThere's an epic battle taking place that's not on the national radar: intercellular competition. While it's not an Olympic event, new research from UC Santa Barbara demonstrates that this microscopic rivalry can be just as fierce as humans going for the gold.
Apr 12th, 2013
Read moreScientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown they can coax cells to move toward a beam of light. The feat is a first step toward manipulating cells to control insulin secretion or heart rate using light.
Apr 11th, 2013
Read moreIn a classic case of turning an enemy into a friend, scientists have engineered a protein from flesh-eating bacteria to act as a molecular 'superglue' that promises to become a disease fighter.
Apr 11th, 2013
Read moreTwelve years after a breakthrough discovery in his University of California, Berkeley, laboratory, professor of chemical engineering Jay Keasling is seeing his dream come true.
Apr 11th, 2013
Read moreScientists investigated the effects of introducing a novel artificial neural connection which bridged a spinal cord lesion in a paretic monkey. This allowed the monkey to electrically stimulate the spinal cord through volitionally controlled brain activity and thereby to restore volitional control of the paretic hand.
Apr 11th, 2013
Read moreResearchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine have 'rationally rewired' some of the cell's smallest components to create proteins that can be switched on or off by command. These 'protein switches' can be used to interrogate the inner workings of each cell, helping scientists uncover the molecular mechanisms of human health and disease.
Apr 10th, 2013
Read moreScientists have revealed a new technique to introduce disease-blocking bacteria into mosquitoes, with promising results that may halt the spread of diseases such as dengue, yellow fever and potentially malaria.
Apr 10th, 2013
Read moreCResearchers Find Way to Catalyze More Sugars from Biomass.
Apr 7th, 2013
Read moreThe accomplishment provides a much-needed resource for scientists eager to uncover the true mechanisms of human stem cell biology. It also enables them to explore new tactics to treat inflammatory bowel disease or to ameliorate the side effects of chemotherapy and radiation, which often damage the gut.
Apr 5th, 2013
Read moreOne of the major obstacles to growing new organs _ replacement hearts, lungs and kidneys _ is the difficulty researchers face in building blood vessels that keep the tissues alive, but new findings from the University of Michigan could help overcome this roadblock.
Apr 4th, 2013
Read moreA custom-built programmable 3D printer can create materials with several of the properties of living tissues, Oxford University scientists have demonstrated.
Apr 4th, 2013
Read moreScientists are reporting an advance in re-engineering photosynthesis to transform plants into bio-factories that manufacture high-value ingredients for medicines, fabrics, fuels and other products.
Apr 4th, 2013
Read moreTreating patients with cells may one day become as common as it is now to treat the sick with drugs made from engineered proteins, antibodies or smaller chemicals, according to UC San Francisco researchers.
Apr 3rd, 2013
Read moreCrucial assumptions underlying multi-toxin crops don't always apply, a University of Arizona study shows. The results help explain why one major pest is evolving resistance faster than predicted and offer ideas for more sustainable pest control.
Mar 30th, 2013
Read moreExplosive growth in the field of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine has led to innovative and promising applications and techniques, many of which are now being tested in human clinical trials.
Mar 30th, 2013
Read moreGenetically engineered Arabidopsis plants yielded as much biomass as wild types (WT) but with enhanced polysaccharide deposition in the fibers of their cell walls.
Mar 29th, 2013
Read moreA chromosome is rarely found in the shape we are used to seeing in biology books, that is to say the typical double rod shape. It is usually 'diluted' in the nucleus and creates a bundle that under the microscope appears as a messy tangle. A research coordinated by the scientists at SISSA of Trieste has now developed and studied a numeric model of the chromosome that supports the experimental data and provides a hypothesis on the bundle's function.
Mar 29th, 2013
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