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Harnessing the power of proteins in our cells to combat disease

UNLV scientist Gary Kleiger at the forefront of a potential new drug modality; research published in the journal Nature. Credit: Lonnie Timmons III/UNLV Photo...

A solid solvent for unique materials

Credit: (Source: IFJ PAN) Materials impossible to obtain with existing methods can be produced using a solid, nanostructured silica solvent. Scientists from the Institute...

Sea turtle: Sentinels and victims of plastic pollution in the Adriatic Sea

Credit: Carlo Marinacci Sea turtles are witnesses and victims of the high level of plastic pollution of the Adriatic Sea. A group of researchers...

New saliva tests rolled-out to hospital staff to cut COVID transmission rates

Credit: Earlham Institute (EI) Frontline staff at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals (NNUH) are among the first in the country to benefit from the...

UM scientists achieve breakthrough in culturing corals and sea anemones cells

MIAMI–Researchers have perfected the recipe for keeping sea anemone and coral cells alive in a petri dish for up to 12 days. The...

‘Miracle poison’ for novel therapeutics

Researchers prove they can engineer botulinum toxin proteins to find new targets with high selectivity, a critical advance toward potential new treatments for...

Future Founders Initiative aims to increase female entrepreneurship in biotech

The gender disparity in biotech really got Sangeeta Bhatia’s attention while she was on sabbatical. Bhatia had taken a year to focus on...

Abundance of iron drives cell death and could inform novel treatments for neuroblastoma

Neuroblastoma is a cancer that develops in nerve tissue, most commonly in the glands around the kidneys. The gene MYCN is overexpressed...

Using living bacteria to design self-growing engineering materials

Feb 23, 2021 (Nanowerk Spotlight) The structural materials that are currently used in our human-built environments wear out due to age and damage,...

Evan Snyder named Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering

Renowned stem cell researcher recognized by his peers for seminal contributions to regenerative medicine LA JOLLA, CALIF. – Feb. 23, 2021 – The...

Researchers reveal genetic predisposition to severe COVID-19

Credit: S.Nersisyan et al. HSE University researchers have become the first in the world to discover genetic predisposition to severe COVID-19. The results...

Three longtime antibiotics could offer alternative to addictive opioid pain relievers

DALLAS – Feb. 22, 2021 – Three decades-old antibiotics administered together can block a type of pain triggered by nerve damage in an...

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