A team at Scripps Research has come up with a faster way to analyze the outcome of experimental vaccines against HIV and other pathogens. Their new system lets…
First World countries have well-developed healthcare systems that employ medical regimens that have been empirically demonstrated to be effective. Despite…
These mutations arise because “typos” can occur as DNA replicates during cellular division. A recent analysis, which found that random mistakes in DNA play a…
A team of researchers at NUS Medicine, led by Associate Professor Veronique Angeli, has identified a population of cells called macrophages that coat the outer…
Results of the scientists' experiments are published online July 30, 2018, in the Journal of Cell Biology.
“The epithelial cells are the “construction blocks” with which an organism is formed. They are like 'pieces of Tente or Lego from which animals are made'. The…
Nerve fibres give nerve cells their characteristic long shape. Measuring up to one metre in length, they form the contact points to other nerve cells. In order…
Led by guest editors Mei Ding, Ph.D. (AstraZeneca) and Bruce S. Edwards, Ph.D. (University of New Mexico), this special issue presents a range of research…
Currently, approximately 4.1 million people suffer from Parkinson’s disease throughout the globe, in Germany alone more than 300,000 people are affected….
Advances reported in this issue include methods of cell separation that utilize unique microscale forces for use with higher cell concentrations or larger…
In modern medicine, patients receiving medication to treat tumors or for pain therapy are often given drugs that disperse throughout the entire body, even…
Overweight and obesity have become a global health problem. According to the World Health Organization, 39 percent of adults in EU countries have overweight….
It is known that myopia develops later when children are more outside before school and are exposed to bright illumination. What exactly makes them myopic when…
Personalized medicine – delivering therapies specially tailored to a patient's unique physiology – has been a goal of researchers and doctors for a long time….
It was already in 2012 that a team of scientists headed by Professor Benedikt Berninger first succeeded in reprogramming connective tissue cells present in the…
The discovery could lead to the development of new treatments for influenza, arthritis and even cancer.
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