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Multifunctional e-Glasses Monitor Health, Protect Eyes, Control Video Game

May 28, 2020
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Washington, DC — Fitness tracker bracelets and watches provide useful information, such as step count and heart rate, but they usually can’t provide more detailed data about the wearer’s...

New Understanding of RNA Movements can be Used to Treat Cancer

May 28, 2020
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Solna, Sweden — Research from Karolinska Institutet published today in Nature shows that an RNA molecule involved in preventing tumour formation can change its structure and thereby control protein...

Molecular Pair Offers Potential for Parkinson’s Treatment, Study Finds

May 28, 2020
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Singapore — A promising molecular pair has offered hope that could lead to the development of a new treatment to slow down Parkinson’s disease, a study by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore...

Device Simulates Filtering and Ion Transport Functions of Human Kidney

May 28, 2020
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Fayetteville, AR — Chemical engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed a device that simulates the blood filtering and ion transport functions of the human kidney. The technology...

Studying the Development of Ovarian Cancer With Organoids

May 27, 2020
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Utrecht, Netherlands — Researchers from the group of Hans Clevers at the Hubrecht Institute have modelled the development and progression of high-grade serous ovarian cancer in mini-versions of the...

Breaking Down Stubborn Cellulose in Time Lapse

May 26, 2020
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Graz, Austria — The plant component cellulose is an extremely resistant, water-insoluble polymer that is difficult to break down. This makes the efficient and sustainable use of plant biomass in biorefineries...

Genetic Barcodes can Ensure Authentic DNA Fingerprints

May 25, 2020
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Durham, NC — Engineers at Duke University and the New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering have demonstrated a method for ensuring that an increasingly popular method of genetic identification...

New Technology can Detect Anti-Virus Antibody in 20 Minutes

May 25, 2020
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Sapporo, Japan — Researchers have succeeded in detecting anti-avian influenza virus antibody in blood serum within 20 minutes, using a portable analyzer they have developed to conduct rapid on-site...

Iron Nanorobots Go Undercover

May 25, 2020
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Thuwal, Saudi Arabia — Living cells inside the body could be placed under surveillance–their location and migration noninvasively tracked in real time over many days–using a new method...

Lighting Up Cells with Genetically-Encoded X-Ray-Sensitive Probes

May 21, 2020
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Shanghai, China — Microscopic visualization of sub-cellular structures and constituents plays a central role in cell biology. Synchrotron-based X-ray microscopy (XRM) provides a unique approach for...

New Wearable Sensor Tracks Vitamin C Levels in Sweat

May 20, 2020
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La Jolla, CA — A team at the University of California San Diego has developed a wearable, non invasive Vitamin C sensor that could provide a new, highly personalized option for users to track their...

Iron Nanorobots Go Undercover

May 20, 2020
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Thuwal, Saudi Arabia — Living cells inside the body could be placed under surveillance–their location and migration noninvasively tracked in real time over many days–using a new method...

Stitching Together the Structure of the DNA Replication Toolbelt

May 19, 2020
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Thuwal, Saudi Arabia — The molecular machinery responsible for replicating human DNA has come into sharper focus and deepened understanding of this fundamental biological process and how it can malfunction....

New Technology will Show How RNA Regulates Gene Activity

May 19, 2020
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Moscow Oblast, Russia — The discovery of a huge number of long non-protein coding RNAs, aka lncRNAs, in the mammalian genome was a major surprise of the recent large-scale genomics projects. An international...

Controlling Cells with Light

May 19, 2020
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Jena, Germany — Photopharmacology investigates the use of light to switch the effect of drugs on and off. Now, for the first time, scientific teams from Jena, Munich, and New York have succeeded in...

First Epigenetic Study in 3D Human Cancer Cells

May 14, 2020
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Barcelona, Spain — Frequently, promising cancer therapies fail when applied to patients in the real clinical setting. This occurs despite many of these new treatments demonstrating promising results...

Colour of Cells a ‘Thermometer’ for Molecular Imbalance, Study Finds

May 14, 2020
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Kensington, Australia — An imbalance of unstable molecular species called ‘free radicals’ will change the colour of cells – and a new imaging technique could one day allow scientists...

Technology Innovation for Neurology

May 14, 2020
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Graz, Austria — In 2015 Francesco Greco, head of the Laboratory of Applied Materials for Printed and Soft electronics (LAMPSe) at the Institute of Solid State Physics at Graz University of Technology,...

Study Confirms Cats can Become Infected with and may Transmit COVID-19 to Other Cats

May 14, 2020
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Madison, WI — In a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, scientists in the U.S. and Japan report that in the laboratory, cats can readily become infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus...

A New, Highly Sensitive Chemical Sensor Uses Protein Nanowires

May 13, 2020
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Amherst, MA — Writing in the journal NanoResearch, a team at the University of Massachusetts Amherst reports this week that they have developed bioelectronic ammonia gas sensors that are among the...

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