Bacteria Natural environments favor 'good' bacteriaphys.org - Robyn Mills A new study has shown that restoring environments to include a wider range of species can promote "good" bacteria over "bad"—with potential benefits …
Tumors New understanding of how cells form tunnels may help in treating wounds, tumorsphys.org - Erica Corder A simple slice of the finger sends a complex series of interactions between types of cells into motion. Two types of cells in particular, called …
Science Nanoscopic protein motion on a live cell membranephys.org - Thamarasee Jeewandara Cellular functions are dictated by the intricate motion of proteins in membranes that span across a scale of nanometers to micrometers, within a …
Bacteria Scientists reveal details of how flu and bacteria work together to promote infectionphys.org - Science X staff St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have evidence the influenza virus functions like Velcro to help common respiratory bacteria gain a …
Atoms New tool could help molecular biologists understand complex processes within cellsphys.org - Emily Ayshford Northwestern Engineering researchers have developed a new platform that can image single molecules in 3-D, allowing deeper probes into the inner …
Science Discovery may explain mystery of long-term parasitesphys.org - Science X staff More than 1 billion people are host to parasitic worms that take up residence in their intestines. For most, it's a short stay, with the immune …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoChromosomes Allen Institute for Cell Science debuts first comprehensive view of human cell division | EurekAlert! Science Newseurekalert.org The data-driven model sheds new light on mitosis, a critical process for human cells and a pivotal driver of cancer The Allen Institute today released …
Beauty Inside Hollywood's Dangerous Anti-Aging SecretHarper's BAZAAR - By Tatiana BoncompagniHave you ever wondered why certain celebrities don’t seem to age? The answer may lie in the off-label (and currently illegal) use of human growth hormone. Several months ago, I attended an intimate dinner
Play button3D Modeling This 3-D model of how cells divide may lead to breakthroughs in cancer researchtheweek.com Cell division is a process that scientists have been fascinated with since we first learned about cells. Through decades of study, scientists have …
Mutations Giving fruit flies your cancer’s mutations could guide your treatmentnewscientist.com - By Clare Wilson Cancer is often said to be not one disease, but many. Each person’s tumour has a different set of mutations, so while a certain treatment might see …
CRISPR Scientists gene-hack viruses to hunt and kill super-strong bacteriafuturism.com In order to combat superbugs — bacteria that have evolved to survive even the most potent antibiotics — doctors have started to gene-hack viruses to …
Science Civil War plant medicines blast drug-resistant bacteria in lab testsphys.org - Science X staff During the height of the Civil War, the Confederate Surgeon General commissioned a guide to traditional plant remedies of the South, as battlefield …
Technology Placental stem cells found to regenerate heart cells after heart attacknewatlas.com - Michael Irving Broken hearts are notoriously difficult to repair. After a heart attack this vital organ remains damaged, which can eventually lead to heart failure …
Esketamine Now there’s a nasal spray that rapidly crushes depressionbgr.com - Mike Wehner Depression affects the lives of a great many people and, while there are plenty of options on the table as far as treatment, many are slow-acting and …
Alzheimer's Disease Watch: How did the amyloid hypothesis go from promising to perilous in the search for Alzheimer’s treatments?statnews.com - Damian Garde How did nearly two decades of failure not convince the brightest minds in science that it was time to move beyond the leading theory about …
Genes Viruses Can Scatter Their Genes Among Cells and ReassembleQuanta Magazine - Viviane Callier Some viruses can replicate without passing all their genes into any one cell. For a virus, a compact genome neatly packaged in a coat of proteins, …
Medical Journals The Lancet Commission on diagnostics: advancing equitable access to diagnosticsthelancet.com - Michael L Wilson Over diagnosis of malaria in patients with severe febrile illness in Tanzania: a prospective study. Rapid testing for malaria in settings where …
Genes Researchers demonstrate double-lock protection mechanism in crucial cellular switchesphys.org - Science X staff Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich researchers have used CRISPR technology to probe the mechanisms that guide the developmental …
Bacteria Dangerous pathogens use this sophisticated machinery to infect hosts | EurekAlert! Science Newseurekalert.org A detailed new model of a bacterial secretion system provides directions for developing precisely targeted antibiotics Gastric cancer, Q fever, …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoSepsis Big data reveals hidden subtypes of sepsis | EurekAlert! Science Newseurekalert.org PITTSBURGH, May 19, 2019 - Much like cancer, sepsis isn't simply one condition but rather many conditions that could benefit from different …
Play buttonPersonalized Medicine Pharmacogenomicsstanford.edu With pharmacogenomics, doctors can determine which medications will be most effective —and which may cause side effects — for individual patients …
Chemical Engineering Over 99% of CTCs Captured on New Microfluidic Chipgenengnews.com - John Sterling Scientists at the University of Georgia (UGA) College of Engineering have developed a new microfluidic device that separates circulating tumor cells …
Cancer Scientists Develop Tools That Could Track Cancer Cells' Evolutionneatorama.com - Exuperist Cancer research has made strides in trying to understand how these cells mutate as well as how our bodies fight off these cancer cells. Recently, a …
Teeth Scientists say they can re-grow lost teeth with stem cellskristv.com - Ryan Garza Some biomedical scientists have made some significant discoveries about the possibility of using stem cells to re-grow lost teeth.This development …
Bacterial Infections New Dressing to Prevent Bacterial Infections Using Electricitythequint.com - IANS Amid growing antibiotic resistance, Indian-origin researchers have developed a way to charge up the fight against bacterial infections using …
‘We ran out of money’: High-profile startup seeking to connect patients with clinical trials shuts downstatnews.com - Rebecca Robbins SAN FRANCISCO — Driver, an ambitious startup marketing an app to match cancer patients with clinical trials, has shut down after running out of money …
Hygiene Hygiene Hampers Competitive Release Of Resistant Bacteria In The Commensal Microbiotabiorxiv.org Good hygiene, in both health care and the community, is central to containing the rise of antibiotic resistance, as well as to infection control more …
Bacteria Researchers unravel mechanisms that control cell sizephys.org May 17, 2019 by Mario Aguilera, University of California - San Diego Working with bacteria, a multidisciplinary team at the University of California …
Microbiome Human gut microbiome physiology can now be studied in vitro using Organ Chip technologyphys.org The human microbiome, the huge collection of microbes that live inside and on our body, profoundly affects human health and disease. The human gut …
Investing Add ‘Surprise Billing’ to U.S. Health Care WorriesBloomberg - Alexander Ruoff, Danielle Parnass A rare point of potential common ground for U.S. President Donald Trump and members of Congress from both parties has emerged on the topic of medical …
