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Highly Selective Membranes

October 22, 2020
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Tokyo, Japan — Membranes with microscopic pores are useful for water filtration. The effect of pore size on water filtration is well-understood, as is the role of ions, charged atoms, that interact...

Nanodevices Show How Living Cells Change with Time, by Tracking from Inside

October 22, 2020
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Bath, UK — For the first time, scientists have introduced minuscule tracking devices directly into the interior of mammalian cells, giving an unprecedented peek into the processes that govern the beginning...

AI Methods of Analyzing Social Networks Find New Cell Types in Tissue

October 22, 2020
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Uppsala, Sweden — In situ sequencing enables gene activity inside body tissues to be depicted in microscope images. To facilitate interpretation of the vast quantities of information generated, Uppsala...

‘Multi-Omics’ Adds New Cell to Immune Family Tree

October 22, 2020
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Parkville, Australia — WEHI researchers have used powerful ‘single cell multi-omics’ technologies to discover a previously unknown ancestor of T and B lymphocytes, which are critical components...

Hand-Held Device Reads Levels of Cancer Biomarker

October 22, 2020
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Hamilton, ON — Researchers at McMaster and Brock universities have created the prototype for a hand-held device to measure a biomarker for cancer, paving the way for home-based cancer monitoring and...

Gel Instrumental in 3D Bioprinting Biological Tissues

October 20, 2020
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State College, PA — The eventual creation of replacement biological parts requires fully three-dimensional capabilities that two-dimensional and three-dimensional thin-film bioprinting cannot supply....

Lineage Tracing of Direct Astrocyte-to-Neuron Conversion for Brain Repair

October 20, 2020
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Guangzhou, China — Regeneration of functional new neurons to repair injured human brain is a long-term unsolved problem up till today. The lack of neuroregeneration is one of the major reasons why...

Enzymatic DNA Synthesis Sees the Light

October 20, 2020
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Boston, MA — According to current estimates, the amount of data produced by humans and machines is rising at an exponential rate, with the digital universe doubling in size every two years. Very likely,...

Scientists Propose Potential Method for Imaging-Guided Synergistic Cancer Therapy

October 19, 2020
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Beijing, China — A joint research team led by Prof. WANG Hui and Prof. LIN Wenchu from the High Magnetic Field Laboratory of the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science developed a synthesis of metal-free...

Inexpensive and Rapid Testing of Drugs for Resistant Infections Possible

October 19, 2020
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State College, PA — A rapid and simple method for testing the efficacy of antibacterial drugs on infectious microbes has been developed and validated by a team of Penn State researchers. Antimicrobial...

New Test can Target and Capture Most Lethal Cells in Fatal Brain Cancer

October 19, 2020
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Baltimore, MD — A laboratory test developed by a research team led by Johns Hopkins University bioengineers can accurately pinpoint, capture and analyze the deadliest cells in the most common and aggressive...

New Technology Diagnoses Sickle Cell Disease in Record Time

October 19, 2020
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Boulder, CO — Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have developed a new way to diagnose diseases of the blood like sickle cell disease...

Reviving Cells After Heart Attack

October 15, 2020
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Cambridge, MA — Extracellular vesicles (EVs) — nanometer sized messengers that travel between cells to deliver cues and cargo — are promising tools for the next generation of therapies...

Boost to Develop Microalgae into Health Foods

October 15, 2020
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Adelaide, South Australia — Dietary supplementation of fatty acids produced from microalgae have wide-reaching health benefits for humans, including the ability to reduce obesity, diabetes and fatty...

New Deep Learning Models: Fewer Neurons, More Intelligence

October 15, 2020
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Klosterneuburg, Austria — Artificial intelligence has arrived in our everyday lives–from search engines to self-driving cars. This has to do with the enormous computing power that has become...

Technique to Recover Lost Single-Cell RNA-Sequencing Information

October 15, 2020
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Cambridge, MA — Sequencing RNA from individual cells can reveal a great deal of information about what those cells are doing in the body. MIT researchers have now greatly boosted the amount of information...

Controlling the Speed of Enzyme Motors Brings Biomedical Applications of Nanorobots Closer

October 15, 2020
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Madrid, Spain — A study by scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), the Universidad Complutense (UCM), Universidad de Girona (UdG), and the Institute for Bioengineering...

New Virtual Reality Software Allows Scientists to ‘Walk’ Inside Cells

October 13, 2020
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Cambridge, UK — Virtual reality software which allows researchers to ‘walk’ inside and analyse individual cells could be used to understand fundamental problems in biology and develop new...

Engineers Print Wearable Sensors Directly on Skin Without Heat

October 13, 2020
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State College, PA — Wearable sensors are evolving from watches and electrodes to bendable devices that provide far more precise biometric measurements and comfort for users. Now, an international team...

Computational Approach to Optimise Culture Conditions Required for Cell Therapy

October 13, 2020
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Singapore / Melbourne, Australia — Cellular therapy is a powerful strategy to produce patient-specific, personalised cells to treat many diseases, including heart disease and neurological disorders....

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