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Pancreatic Cells Originated from Human Skin Revert Diabetes in Mice

Researchers from the Gladstone Institutes and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have created for the first time functional pancreatic cells from human skin...

Biomedicine

Nanoreactors Increase Cell-Free Protein Synthesis Yield

Researchers from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed an innovative cell-free protein synthesis system based on microfabricated reactors that produce therapeutic...

Biomedicine

Long-Lasting Hydrogel Derived from Sea Anemones

  A team of researchers from Pohang and Yeungnam Universities have created a mechanically durable hydrogel inspired in a sturdy protein found in anemones that...

3D bioprinting
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Journal for the Twitter Generation of Researchers

Journals can be found for almost every branch or sub-branch of science, their databases and even for negative results. However, there’s one area that has...

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All Standard Experiments Could be Outsourced by the End of 2016

A San Francisco based company, Emerald Therapeutics, presented last year an internet-accessible, fully automated lab: the Emerald Cloud Laboratory (ECL). The enormous success of the initiative...

Bioinformatics

Converting Roads into Solar Panels

A Dutch start-up has found a way to transform the whole road network into an enormous source of green energy. SolaRoad produces concrete modules that can...

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Social Isolation Affects Immune System

A team of researchers led by the University of Chicago have discovered the molecular mechanism by which social isolation affects health and causes premature death. Loneliness triggers...

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Electric Chip Recovers Drug Nanoparticles from Blood

Researchers from the University of California, San Diego have discovered a new technique to isolate nanoparticles from blood plasma. An oscillating electric field can separate nanoparticles...

Bioengineering