A team of researchers has engineered smart protein molecules that can reprogram white blood cells to ignore a self-defense signaling mechanism that cancer cells use to survive and... Read more
A whole new level of scientific discovery opens up for researchers willing to use this kind of research When Zooniverse, a citizen science site that hosts collaborative research pr... Read more
Acoustic cell-sorting chip may lead to cell phone-sized medical labs A technique that uses acoustic waves to sort cells on a chip may create miniature medical analytic devices that... Read more
The biggest challenge has been quickly examining billions of rapidly moving blood cells in a sample Cells that break away from a cancerous tumor and circulate in the bloodstream ar... Read more
A tolerable treatment for patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s A study led by Karolinska Institutet in Sweden reports for the first time the positive effects of an acti... Read more
These cells can actually attack HIV-infected cells in a living organism Expanding on previous research providing proof-of-principle that human stem cells can be genetically enginee... Read more
A compound that could pack an anti-leukemic punch A novel anti-leukemia compound with little toxicity successfully treated zebrafish with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL... 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 re... Read more
A pilot study suggests infrared analysis of white blood cells is a promising strategy for diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. Spanish researchers, led by Pedro Carmona f... Read more
Repairing a damaged surface with this method would require significantly smaller amounts of material In the super-small world of nanostructures, a team of polymer scientists... Read more
Researchers have discovered a new mechanism controlling aging in white blood cells. The research, published in the September issue of the Journal of Immunology, opens up the possib... Read more
The researchers say the product one day could be used to reconstruct soldier’s faces marred by blast injuries. Biomedical engineers at Johns Hopkins have developed a new liqu... Read more
An antibody that recognizes all strains of influenza A could be a universal vaccine blueprint. Scientists have found an antibody that inactivates all influenza A subtypes. The anti... Read more
Nanotechnology is increasingly a part of our lives, and while it has enormous potential for the effective delivery of medication and fighting cancer, there are concerns about healt... Read more
