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The burst of cells forming cartilage is associated with mineralization during the early stages of bone formation, and nanofragments of the cell membranes can act as nucleation sites for amorphous calcium phosphate.
Posted: Feb 13th, 2018
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Chemical engineers have developed a new, cost-effective method for synthetically producing a biorenewable platform chemical called triacetic acid lactone (TAL) that can be used to produce innovative new drugs and sustainable plastics at an industrial scale.
Posted: Feb 12th, 2018
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Scientists have successfully produced human kidney tissue within a living organism which is able to produce urine, a first for medical science.
Posted: Feb 9th, 2018
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A promising technique that makes maize more productive even in droughts has now been unpicked and looks set to do the same for a range of other crops, including wheat and rice.
Posted: Feb 8th, 2018
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Researchers have grown organoids from liver tumors on specially engineered 3-D scaffolds. These organoids replicate important features of the original tumor, including genetic changes and intra-tumor heterogeneity, and could serve as tumor avatars for high-throughput drug screening.
Posted: Feb 8th, 2018
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Despite subzero temperatures, increased UV radiation, little liquid water, and few available nutrients, bacteria living at Earth's poles thrive. They manage it thanks in part to molecules called biosurfactants, which help them separate the complex substrates they feed on into easy-to-metabolize droplets.
Posted: Feb 7th, 2018
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Researchers have developed a technology platform that allows them to systematically modify and customise bacteriophages. This technology is a step towards making phage therapies a powerful tool for combating dangerous pathogens.
Posted: Feb 6th, 2018
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Genetic analyses of a desert bacterium show it could help to improve crop production in arid lands.
Posted: Feb 5th, 2018
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Researchers have developed a new method for the production of medicine. They print medical drugs in QR coded patterns onto an edible material. The production can be tailored to fit each patient and has the potential to protect against wrong medication and fake medicine according to the researchers.
Posted: Feb 2nd, 2018
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Researchers report a new organ-on-a-chip technology for the study of blood vessel formation and drugs targeting this event.
Posted: Jan 30th, 2018
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Scientists tracked ascorbic acid levels in mice using a complex molecule called R2c. Using some clever chemistry, the team designed this probe to react with ascorbic acid molecules in the body.
Posted: Jan 24th, 2018
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These artificial proteins, encoded by synthetic genes, are approximately 100 amino acids long, using an endlessly varying arrangement of 20 amino acids.
Posted: Jan 24th, 2018
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A fascinating blow-by-blow account of the arms struggle between plants and viral pathogens, is revealed in new research.
Posted: Jan 23rd, 2018
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The device is composed by several parallel compartments, arranged to emulate the retinal layer structure.
Posted: Jan 23rd, 2018
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Scientists optimized a new method to create the synthetic neurons, which they used to investigate a core enzyme involved in the synthesis of purines - a component of DNA that is involved in many other cellular and metabolic processes - and how the enzyme might change during infection by herpes simplex virus.
Posted: Jan 22nd, 2018
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Deep dive into the 3D structures of proteins reveals key building blocks.
Posted: Jan 22nd, 2018
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