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A clinical trial has begun which will use stem cell transplants to grow a new immune system for people with untreatable Crohn’s disease – a painful and chronic intestinal disease which affects at least 115,000 people in the UK. The study, led by Queen Mary University of London and Barts Health NHS Trust, is funded with

This had never before been achieved with any other innovative therapies for diabetes. Researchers from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), led by Fàtima Bosch, have shown for the first time that it is possible to cure diabetes in large animals with a single session of gene therapy. As published this week in Diabetes, the principal journal for

Sandia researchers decode metabolic pathway of soil bacterium that thrives on lignin Abundant, chock full of energy and bound so tightly that the only way to release its energy is through combustion — lignin has frustrated scientists for years. With the help of an unusual soil bacteria, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories believe they now

After a year at sea, Liquid Robotics’ Wave Glider has set the record for the longest distance traveled by an autonomous robot. In November of last year, Liquid Robotics dropped four of its brand new Wave Glider robots in the water just off the coast of San Francisco with hopes of making history and learning a thing

New method developed by researchers could have broad impacts on the mobile Internet and wireless industries Two professors at the University of California, Riverside Bourns College of Engineering have developed a new method that doubles the efficiency of wireless networks and could have a large impact on the mobile Internet and wireless industries. Efficiency of wireless networks

Cellphones and other devices could soon be controlled with touchless gestures and charge themselves using ambient light, thanks to new LED arrays that can both emit and detect light. Made of tiny nanorods arrayed in a thin film, the LEDs could enable new interactive functions and multitasking devices. Researchers at the University of Illinois at

Much of the invisible backbone of websites from Google to Amazon to the Federal Bureau of Investigation was built by volunteer programmers in what is known as the open-source community. The Heartbleed bug that made news last week drew attention to one of the least understood elements of the Internet: Much of the invisible backbone

Gene-editing breakthrough in battle against cancer In what is believed to be a world first, Griffith University researchers have cured cervical cancer in mice using CRISPR gene-editing technology. “This is the first cure for any cancer using this technology,’’ said lead researcher Professor Nigel McMillan from Menzies Health Institute Queensland.  The scientists used CRISPR-Cas9 to successfully