Could herald a new potential therapy for GA University of Kentucky researchers, led by Dr. Jayakrishna Ambati, have made an exciting finding in the “dry” form of age-related macu... Read more
It’s relatively easy to collect massive amounts of data on microbes. But the files are so large that it takes days to simply transmit them to other researchers and months to analyze once the... Read more
Slippery technology shown to prevent more than 99% of harmful bacterial slime from forming on surfaces. Biofilms may no longer have any solid ground upon which to stand. A team of Harvard sc... Read more
The Holy Grail of nanotherapy University of Florida researchers have moved a step closer to treating diseases on a cellular level by creating a tiny particle that can be programmed to shut d... Read more
Convert cord blood (CB) cells into neuron-like cells that may prove valuable for the treatment of a wide range of neurological conditions For more than 20 years, doctors have been using cell... Read more
Early targets of the novel treatment are melanoma and squamous cell carcinoma “Getting under your skin” takes on a brave new meaning thanks to Northwestern University research that could tra... Read more
Advance provides genetic options for controlling spread of deadly disease Mosquitoes bred to be unable to infect people with the malaria parasite are an attractive approach to helping curb o... Read more
The drug stops the destructive cells migrating to the joints A drug that “blindfolds” white blood cells could provide a new way of treating rheumatoid arthritis, new research has... Read more
New Potential Therapy That Restores Motor Function Being Planned for Clinical Trial Medical researchers at the University of Alberta have discovered a promising new therapy for Huntin... Read more
Scientists have known for some time that dogfish sharks, like the one pictured up top, naturally produce a broad-spectrum antibiotic called squalamine in their livers. Now, new research into... Read more
A naturally occurring substance shrank the size of stroke-induced lesions in the brains of experimental mice — even when administered as much as 12 hours after the event, Stanford Univ... Read more
Physicists at UC San Diego have developed a new kind of X-ray microscope that can penetrate deep within materials like Superman’s fabled X-ray vision and see minute details at the scal... Read more
Nanostructure Promotes Growth of New Blood Vessels, Mimics Natural Protein Tissue deprived of oxygen (ischemia) is a serious health condition that can lead to damaged heart tissue following... Read more
UBC researchers have invented a silicone chip that could make genetic analysis far more sensitive, rapid, and cost-effective by allowing individual cells to fall into place like balls in a p... Read more
New Process Could Lead to Production of Hydrogen Using Bioengineered Microorganisms Many kinds of algae and cyanobacteria, common water-dwelling microorganisms, are capable of using energy f... Read more
