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New Technique to Track Cell Interactions in Living Bodies Developed
May 6, 2013 Researchers have developed a new technique to see how different types of cells interact in a living ... > full story -
Personalized Bone Substitutes Created from Skin Cells
May 6, 2013 Scientists have made patient-specific bone substitutes from skin cells for repair of large bone defects. The study represents a major advance in personalized reconstructive treatments for patients ... > full story -
Effects of Stress on Brain Cells Offer Clues to New Anti-Depressant Drugs
May 6, 2013 New research reveals the detailed mechanism behind how stress hormones reduce the number of new brain cells -- a process considered to be linked to depression. The researchers identified a key ... > full story -
Critical Link in Mammalian Odor Detection Identified
May 6, 2013 Researchers at the Monell Center have identified a protein that is critical to the ability of mammals to smell. Mice engineered to be lacking the Ggamma13 protein in their olfactory receptors were ... > full story -
Scientists Build a Living Patch for Damaged Hearts
May 6, 2013 Biomedical engineers have grown three-dimensional human heart muscle that acts just like natural tissue. This advancement could be important in treating heart attack patients or in serving as a ... > full story -
Engineers Manipulate a Buckyball by Inserting a Single Water Molecule
May 6, 2013 Engineering researchers have developed a technique to isolate a single water molecule inside a buckyball and drive motion of the "big" nonpolar ball through the encapsulated "small" polar H2O ... > full story -
Commands from the Matrix: Cellular Environment Controls Formation and Activity of Neuronal Connections
May 6, 2013 Environment moulds behavior -- and not just that of people in society, but also at the microscopic level. This is because, for their function, neurons are dependent on the cell environment, the ... > full story -
Endogenous Antibiotic Discovered in the Brain
May 6, 2013 Scientists have discovered that immune cells in the brain can produce a substance that prevents bacterial growth: namely itaconic acid. Until now, biologists had assumed that only certain fungi ... > full story -
Activity of Cancer Inducing Genes Can Be Controlled by the Cell's Skeleton
May 6, 2013 Cancer is a complex disease, in which cells undergo a series of alterations, including changes in their architecture; an increase in their ability to divide, to survive and to invade new tissues or ... > full story -
Assembly of a Protein Degradation Machine Could Lead to Treatments in Cancer, Neurological Diseases
May 6, 2013 Scientists have discovered new details about an assembly intricate process in cells and the proteins named chaperones that controls it. Their finding may advance treatments for cancer and ... > full story
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