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UC Davis researchers awarded $1.5 million NIH grant for CRISPR cancer treatment

What if, instead of killing cancer cells or cells about to become cancerous, you could deliver a repair package and fix them? UC Davis researchers have just been awarded $1.5 million from the National Institutes of Health to start work towards that goal.

3 Oct 2019

High-resolution imaging shows how HIV spreads between living cells

In order to treat diseases better, we must understand how they arise.

3 Oct 2019

Researchers propose potential treatment for Ewing sarcomas

Ewing sarcoma is a bone cancer that appears mainly in teenagers. Due to a single defective gene, once it spreads to distant organs it is hard to treat. Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science have discovered molecular interactions underlying Ewing sarcomas and proposed a potential treatment, which has shown promise in a study in mice.

2 Oct 2019

Protozoans protect pathogenic bacteria and enhance their infectious potential

Single celled organisms in the environment are protecting pathogenic bacteria and priming them for human infection, an international team of researchers has discovered.

1 Oct 2019

Using X-ray-nanoparticle interactions for improved radiation therapy

A new study has indicated a new way to deliver locally aggressive radiation therapy in cancer, using the element gadolinium.

30 Sep 2019

Scientists use ultrasound to detect active genes in live cells

A startling new study shows that ultrasound can help scientists to understand whether specific genes are in the active or inactive state in live cells.

27 Sep 2019

Temporal fluctuations in protein concentrations can determine fate of stem cells

How do temporal variations in protein concentrations affect biology? It's a question that biologists have only recently begun to address, and the findings are increasingly showing that random temporal changes in the amount of certain proteins play a direct and significant role on biological processes.

26 Sep 2019

Faster, cheaper, better: improved gene therapy tool production

The heart of modern therapy is increasingly personalized and targeted at specific cellular or genetic deficits. This requires gene therapy, in many cases. A new study, published on 19 September 2019 in the journal Nature, describes an improved way to produce purified gene carrier viruses called AAVs cheaply and quickly, from the culture medium.

22 Sep 2019

Researchers develop new technology to study cell nanomechanics

Researchers at Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology and MIT's Laser Biomedical Research Center have developed a new way to study cells, paving the way for a better understanding of how cancers spread and become killers.

20 Sep 2019

Chemist explores link between Alzheimer's and copper protein molecules in brain cells

A University of Houston chemist is exploring the link between copper protein molecules in brain cells and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's.

17 Sep 2019

Supercooling helps preserve human transplant organs longer

Now a new supercooling technique for human organs promises to extend the period from the moment of removal to 1.5 days rather than just a few hours. This provides a useful window of time within which transplant teams and patients can hope to get a viable organ.

10 Sep 2019

SATI gene editing could replace CRISPR

Scientists have developed a new gene editing tool called SATI that is safer than CRISPR.

2 Sep 2019

Researchers illuminate mysterious aspect of mitochondrial metabolism using a tiny thermometer

Armed with a tiny new thermometer probe that can quickly measure temperature inside of a cell, University of Illinois researchers have illuminated a mysterious aspect of metabolism: heat generation.

30 Aug 2019

Addiction clinics market pricey, unproven treatments to desperate patients

Jason was hallucinating. He was withdrawing from drugs at an addiction treatment center near Indianapolis, and he had hardly slept for several days.

23 Aug 2019

Living Cells Can Record and Track Genomic Events with New “Designer Cell” Computer Technology

Published in Molecular Cell, researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a new technology that uses DNA to process and store information in living cells.

23 Aug 2019

Researchers create synthetic biologic system to deliver medicine, treat wounds for soldiers

For the first time, scientists built a synthetic biologic system with compartments like real cells. This Army project at the University of Massachusetts Amherst could lead to materials that provide new avenues to deliver medicine, treat wounds and purify water for Soldiers.

23 Aug 2019

Living Cells News and Research

UC Davis researchers awarded $1.5 million NIH grant for CRISPR cancer treatment

High-resolution imaging shows how HIV spreads between living cells

Researchers propose potential treatment for Ewing sarcomas

Protozoans protect pathogenic bacteria and enhance their infectious potential

Using X-ray-nanoparticle interactions for improved radiation therapy

Scientists use ultrasound to detect active genes in live cells

Temporal fluctuations in protein concentrations can determine fate of stem cells

Faster, cheaper, better: improved gene therapy tool production

Researchers develop new technology to study cell nanomechanics

Chemist explores link between Alzheimer's and copper protein molecules in brain cells

Supercooling helps preserve human transplant organs longer

SATI gene editing could replace CRISPR

Researchers illuminate mysterious aspect of mitochondrial metabolism using a tiny thermometer

Addiction clinics market pricey, unproven treatments to desperate patients

Living Cells Can Record and Track Genomic Events with New “Designer Cell” Computer Technology

Researchers create synthetic biologic system to deliver medicine, treat wounds for soldiers

New method prevents the release of synthetic DNA from genetically modified cells

Next generation of hydrogel systems could help repair bone defects in future

New cellular process can engulf nanomaterial without direct peptide functionalization

Scientists 3D print full-scale functioning heart components for the first time

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How the Arts Reshape Brain Function: Susan Magsamen on the Future of Neuroaesthetics

Inside the Alzheimer's Association: Dr. Heather Snyder on Driving Research and Collaboration

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