Strong painkillers are very important in the management of patients with cancer and heart attack or requiring surgery. They extert their effect by binding to…
In a study published today, a team at the University of Colorado Boulder took advantage of a new microscopic technique to follow the lives of individual…
Stem cells can generate a variety of specific tissues and are increasingly used for clinical applications such as the replacement of bone or cartilage….
Markus Koch, head of the research group Femtosecond Dynamics at the Institute of Experimental Physics at TU Graz, and his team develop new methods for…
Thanks to a new algorithm, researchers at the AWI can now use satellite data to determine in which parts of the ocean certain types of phytoplankton are…
The consortium “ATAC” (Antibody Therapy Against Coronavirus) will be financed by the European Union with about 3 Million euro. In total, the European…
Bats are famous for their sonar-based navigation. They use their extremely sensitive hearing for orientation, emitting ultrasound noises and receiving an image…
Despite significant advances in prevention and treatment of cancer, year after year there is a steady increase in the number of deaths caused by malignancy.
Using a single atom-thick sheet of graphene to track the electronic signals inherent in biological structures, a team led by Boston College researchers has…
In the sunlit surface layer of the ocean, photosynthetic microalgae such as diatoms convert more carbon dioxide into biomass than Earth’s tropical forests.
Most technical functional units are built bit by bit according to a well-designed construction plan. The components are sequentially put in place by humans or…
Colorectal carcinoma (CRC), the most common form of intestinal cancer, is the second leading cause of cancer related death worldwide. While some patients have…
Botulinum toxins — a.k.a. botox — have a variety of uses in medicine: to treat muscle overactivity in overactive bladder, to correct misalignment of the eyes…
Natural killer (NK) cells are white blood cells that can kill tumors without being “told” from the body to do so. NK cells provide the first line of defense…
A new laboratory method allows researchers to create compartments within a liquid that, like drops of oil in water, are separate but have no physical barrier…
It has long been known that the cerebral cortex of humans contains particular nerve cells classified as projection neurons. Once these cells are active, they…
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