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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...

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...

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,...

New Microchip Sensor Measures Stress Hormones from Drop of Blood

July 5, 2021
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New Brunswick, NJ — A Rutgers-led team of researchers has developed a microchip that can measure stress hormones in real time from a drop of blood. The study appears in the journal Science...

Human Stem Cells Enable Model to Test Drug Impact on Brain’s Blood Barrier

July 2, 2021
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Stockholm, Sweden — Using an experimental model to simulate the blood-brain barrier, scientists in Sweden reported in unprecedented detail how antioxidants protect the brain from inflammation caused...

Protein ‘Big Bang’ Reveals Molecular Makeup for Medicine and Bioengineering

July 2, 2021
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Urbana, IL — Proteins have been quietly taking over our lives since the COVID-19 pandemic began. We’ve been living at the whim of the virus’s so-called “spike” protein, which...

Using the Ancient Art of Kirigami to Make an Eyeball-like Camera

June 30, 2021
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Houston, TX — Cunjiang Yu, Bill D. Cook Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Houston, is reporting the development of a camera with a curvy, adaptable imaging sensor that...

Putting Functional Proteins in Their Place

June 29, 2021
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Upton, NY — Scientists have organized proteins–nature’s most versatile building blocks–in desired 2-D and 3-D ordered arrays while maintaining their structural stability and biological...

Sleeper Cells: Newly Discovered Stem Cell Resting Phase could Put Brain Tumours to Sleep

June 29, 2021
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Tempe, AZ — Christopher Plaisier, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University, and Samantha O’Connor, a biomedical...

Stopping the Onset and Progression of Intractable Immune Diseases

June 28, 2021
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Pohang, South Korea — The development of therapeutic drugs for inflammatory bowel disease, an intractable immune disease, and multiple sclerosis – an autoimmune disorder – is gaining traction....

Bio-Inspired Hydrogel Protects the Heart from Post-Op Adhesions

June 21, 2021
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La Jolla, CA — A hydrogel that forms a barrier to keep heart tissue from adhering to surrounding tissue after surgery was developed and successfully tested in rodents by a team of University of California...

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