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Noninvasive, Label-Free Optical Method Visualizes Deep, Cellular Brain Disease In Vivo

July 22, 2021
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Davis, CA — Central nervous system (CNS) diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD) manifest early at the microscopic (i.e. cellular) level, deep in the brain. Yet, optical microscopes that can...

Accurate Protein Structure Prediction Now Accessible to All

July 21, 2021
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Seattle, WA — Scientists have waited months for access to highly accurate protein structure prediction since DeepMind presented remarkable progress in this area at the 2020 Critical Assessment of Structure...

Rapid Method to Quantify Antibodies Against SARS-CoV-2

July 21, 2021
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Sapporo, Japan — Scientists have developed a rapid, highly accurate test to detect antibodies against the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 in human serum, opening a new avenue for understanding the full...

Bioengineering Discovery Paves Way for Improved Production of Bio-Based Goods

July 19, 2021
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Bristol, UK — Scientists have uncovered a way to control many genes in engineered yeast cells, opening the door to more efficient and sustainable production of bio-based products. The study, published...

The Virus Trap

July 19, 2021
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Munich, Germany — To date, there are no effective antidotes against most virus infections. An interdisciplinary research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has now developed a new approach:...

Study Finds Promising Therapeutic Target for Colitis

July 19, 2021
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La Jolla, CA — An international research group, led by Dr. Jamey Marth, a professor at Sanford Burnham Prebys, has shown that the Neuraminidase 3 (Neu3) enzyme is responsible for the onset and progression...

Noninvasive Test to Detect Cancer Cells and Pinpoint Their Location

July 19, 2021
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Cambridge, MA — Most of the tests that doctors use to diagnose cancer — such as mammography, colonoscopy, and CT scans — are based on imaging. More recently, researchers have also developed...

Newfound Human Brain Cell Type Helps Center People in Mental Maps

July 16, 2021
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New York, NY — A previously unknown kind of human brain cell appears to help people center themselves in their personal maps of the world, according to a new study from neuroscientists at Columbia...

Genome Studies: More is Not Always Better

July 16, 2021
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Würzburg, Germany — What the fruit fly is to zoologists, the thale cress is to botanists. The widespread herb with the botanical name Arabidopsis thaliana serves them as a model organism from which...

Are Silver Nanoparticles a Silver Bullet Against Microbes?

July 15, 2021
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Pittsburgh, PA — Antimicrobials are used to kill or slow the growth of bacteria, viruses and other microorganisms. They can be in the form of antibiotics, used to treat bodily infections, or as an...

Technology that Restores the Sense of Touch in Nerves Damaged as a Result of Injury

July 14, 2021
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Tel Aviv, Israel — Tel Aviv University’s new and groundbreaking technology inspires hope among people who have lost their sense of touch in the nerves of a limb following amputation or injury....

The Equalizer: An Engineered Circuit for Uniform Gene Expression

July 13, 2021
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Houston, TX — The function of a protein can depend on its abundance in a cell. So, when investigating the properties of a new protein, it is essential to make sure that the same amount is produced...

Thyroid Cancer Now Diagnosed with Machine Learning-Powered Photoacoustic/Ultrasound Imaging

July 12, 2021
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Pohang, South Korea — A lump in the thyroid gland is called a thyroid nodule, and 5-10% of all thyroid nodules are diagnosed as thyroid cancer. Thyroid cancer has a good prognosis, a high survival...

Artificial Intelligence Provides Faster Diagnosis for Debilitating Blistering Disease

July 12, 2021
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Groningen, Netherlands — Scientists at the University of Groningen have trained an Artificial Intelligence system to recognize a specific pattern in skin biopsies of patients with the blistering disease...

Team Find Brain Mechanism that Automatically Links Objects in Our Minds

July 12, 2021
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Baltimore, MD — When people see a toothbrush, a car, a tree — any individual object — their brain automatically associates it with other things it naturally occurs with, allowing humans...

Nano-Scale Borate Bioactive Glass: Next Generation material for skin-healing

July 8, 2021
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Hefei, China — Recently, with the help of a steady-state strong magnetic field experimental device, scientists constructed nano-scale borate bioactive glass (Nano-HCA@BG), which can effectively reduce...

Keeping Bacteria Under Lock and Key

July 8, 2021
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Newark, DE — Scientists and engineers are constantly looking for ways to better our world. Synthetic biology is an emerging field with promise for improving our ability to manufacture chemicals,...

Scientists Closing in on Map of the Mammalian Immune System

July 7, 2021
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Dallas, TX — Using artificial intelligence, UT Southwestern scientists have identified thousands of genetic mutations likely to affect the immune system in mice. The work is part of one Nobel laureate’s...

Catalyzing the Conversion of Biomass to Biofuel

July 5, 2021
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Munich, Germany — Zeolites are extremely porous materials: Ten grams can have an internal surface area the size of a soccer field. Their cavities make them useful in catalyzing chemical reactions and...

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