FGF9: A New Factor in Major Depression
Scientists from the University of Michigan Medical School have discovered a protein that could be the key to depression. People affected by major depression have...
Biomedicine
Biomedicine
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Toxin from Wasp Venom Selectively Kills Cancer Cells
A brazilian wasp called Polybia paulista produces a toxin, MP1, that targets only cancer cells while leaving healthy cells intact. The toxin, secreted with the wasp´s...
Biomedicine
Bacteria can work as antibody factories
Scientists from Cornell University and New England Biolabs have engineered E. coli as an antibody expression platform. The molecular machinery necessary for antibody production was...
Bioengineering
Oral Stem Cells Can Cure Certain Types of Blindness
Scientists from the University of Oslo have cured a special type of blindness by culturing and implanting stem cells from the own patients mucosa in...
Biomedicine
Cell Differentiation Controled with Light
Researchers from the University of California in San Francisco have discovered how to differentiate embryonic stem cells (ESCs) with light. Irradiation with beams of light transformed...
Bioengineering
First Hepatitis D Virus Detection Kit
Analytik Jena AG has presented the world´s first Hepatitis D virus (HDV) test. The kit, which is CE-IVD certified, quantifies the virus RNA. The RoboGene® HDV RNA Quantification...
Biomedicine
A Newly Discovered Prion Causes Muscular System Atrophy
Alpha-synuclein, the only prion discovered in 50 years, might be the cause of a deadly brain disorder called muscular system atrophy (MSA). The finding by UCSF...
Biomedicine
Microchip Quickly Detects Defects in Donor Lungs
Researchers from the University of Toronto have developed a microchip that detects biomarkers for lung assessment for transplantation. The microchip will detect lungs damaged...
Bioengineering