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Advancing 3D Cell Culture for Biomedical Research Using Primary Cells
13/07/2017
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Cell culture methods are showing great promise in advancing biomedical research, particularly in the fields of drug discovery, cancer biology, and regenerative medicine. These methods typically involve culturing two distinct types of cells in vitro:...
Scientists borrow from electronics to build circuits in living cells
03/07/2017
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Synthetic biology researchers have demonstrated a new method for digital information processing in living cells, analogous to the logic gates used in electric circuits. The circuits are the largest ever published to date in eurkaryotic cells and a k...
Magnetic Eye Implant Stops Dancing Eyes Syndrome
03/07/2017
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A 49-year-old man finally got relief from a rare, maddening eye disorder after researchers, in an experimental procedure, implanted specialized magnets beneath his eyeballs. The disorder, called nystagmus, or dancing eyes, causes the eyes to oscilla...
New cellular target may put the brakes on cancer's ability to spread
18/06/2017
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A team led by Johns Hopkins researchers has discovered a biochemical signaling process that causes densely packed cancer cells to break away from a tumor and spread the disease elsewhere in the body.The team also reported that the combined use of tw...
Bioengineered human livers mimic natural development
18/06/2017
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An international team of researchers bioengineering human liver tissues uncovered previously unknown networks of genetic-molecular crosstalk that control the organ's developmental processes -- greatly advancing efforts to generate healthy and usable...
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