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Fetal Pacemaker Ready for Human Trial
24/05/2017
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It’s the ultimate MacGyver challenge: Fit a sterile, rechargeable electrode through a hollow tube, just 3.8 millimeters wide, to implant the device in a delicate soft tissue without causing damage. The technology must be both simple and inexpensive ...
Can Brain Cells Grow on a Chip
24/05/2017
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Every human thought starts with a signal traveling from one neuron to another in the brain. Yet we know relatively little about how these connections form. In an effort to watch that process unfold, Australian researchers engineered a nanowire scaff...
5 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ELECTROPHORESIS SYSTEM
18/04/2017
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Gel electrophoresis is a laboratory technique used to visualize DNA on a gel where the DNA molecules are separated according to their size. This allows scientists to detect alterations in the DNA sequence which may cause a genetic condition. 1. Elect...
Cancer cells cast a sweet spell on the immune system
06/04/2017
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Cancer cells have surface proteins and sugars that link with immune cells to quiet their reaction to the cancer. Current immune therapies block interactions between PD-L1 proteins (light green) on tumor cells and PD-1 proteins (teal) on T cells to aw...
Parsley and other plants lend form to human stem cell scaffolds
27/03/2017
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Borrowing from nature is an age-old theme in science. Form and function go hand-in-hand in the natural world and the structures created by plants and animals are only rarely improved on by humans.Scientists are using the decellularized husks of plant...
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