Engineers 3D print soft, rubbery brain implants
Technique may enable speedy, on-demand design of softer, safer neural devices
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A ‘cardiac patch with bioink’ developed to repair heart
The heart is the driving force of circulating blood in the body and pumps blood to the entire body by
Read moreHKU team develops new wastewater treatment process
HKU researchers develop a novel wastewater treatment process to effectively remove health hazardous chemical contaminants
Read moreGerman scientists identify microbe that could help degrade polyurethane-based plastics
A strain of an extremophile group of bacteria is capable of ingesting toxic organic compounds as its sole source of carbon, nitrogen and energy
Read moreCellular train track deformities shed light on neurological disease
Joint press release by Hokkaido University and the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
Read moreA new way to study HIV’s impact on the brain
Using a newly developed laboratory model of three types of brain cells, Penn and CHOP scientists reveal how HIV infection–as well as the drugs that treat it–can take a toll on the central nervous system.
Read moreUnder extreme heat and drought, trees hardly benefit from an increased CO2 level
Studies of Aleppo Pines reveal: The increase in carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration in the atmosphere does not compensate the negative effect of climate change
Read moreOvercoming primary resistance to checkpoint inhibition with selective inhibitor of TGFβ1
Selective inhibition of latent TGFβ1 activation with SRK-181 has demonstrated an improved preclinical safety profile compared to conventional inhibitors of TGFβ signaling
Read moreDestroying DNA to save the genome — study offers new insights into sepsis and its treatment
Scientists uncover a new mechanism underlying the life-threatening condition and propose a novel treatment strategy centered around cell-free chromatin
Read moreBrain mapping study suggests motor regions for the hand also connect to the entire body
Mapping different parts of the brain and determining how they correspond to thoughts, actions, and other neural functions is a
Read moreJumping genes help make neurons in a dish
The process of making functional brain cells in a lab dish requires the precise activation of selfish genetic elements known
Read moreComputational human cell reveals new insight on genetic information processing
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Researchers have developed the first computational model of a human cell and simulated its behavior for 15
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