Hydra Transforms Epithelium Into Rudimentary Nervous System
The freshwater polyp Hydra can regenerate all its body from just a fragment, and survives after losing all its nervous system. Scientists from the University of...
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NIH Ends Chimpanzee Research
US National Institutes of Health (NIH) director Francis Collins announced that the institute will retire the last 50 research chimpanzees to sanctuaries. The measure arrives...
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The Spleen Acts as a Secondary Blood Cell Source
Researchers from the Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) have discovered a secondary source of blood cells. Upon episodes of extensive tissue damage...
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Anti-Alzheimer´s Drug Shows Anti-Aging Effects
Scientists from Salk Institute have found that the experimental anti-Alzheimer´s drug J147 has unexpected anti-aging properties in animals. Mice treated with J147 had better memory...
Biomedicine
Nanopore Technology Could Desalinate Seawater
An ultra-thin sheet of molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) could let water molecules pass through tiny nanopores at a high rate while keeping ions and any contaminants. The authors...
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Embryonic Stem Cells and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Are Functionally Equivalent
Researchers from the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) have found evidence that embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are functionally equivalent....
Bioengineering
DNA Nanomachines to Detect Any Antibody
A team of researchers from the Universities of Rome and Montreal have developed a DNA nanomachine customizable to detect any antibody. The nanodevice will allow...
Bioengineering
First Ever Direct Image of DNA Structure
Researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia have developed a technique that allowed them to visualize directly the DNA helix...
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