4th July 2019

New way to direct stem cells to heart tissue

Scientists have reported a new way to direct stem cells to heart tissue, using a designer adhesin protein.

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4th June 2019

Microrobots deliver stem cells to targeted tissue

Previous research has demonstrated tiny robots, or microrobots, guided through blood vessels by magnetic fields to deliver drug therapies. Now a new study has achieved the same feat while carrying stem cells.

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9th May 2019

Phage therapy treats patient with drug-resistant bacterial infection

A British teenager is the first patient to receive a genetically modified phage therapy to treat a drug-resistant infection.

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7th May 2019

Researchers identify key process linked to plaque formation in blood vessels

Researchers have determined how "bad cholesterol" enters artery walls, causing plaque that narrows blood vessels and leads to heart attacks and strokes.

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28th April 2019

CRISPR accuracy increased 50-fold

Biomedical engineers have developed a new technique for improving the accuracy of CRISPR genome editing by an average of 50-fold.

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25th April 2019

Synthetic speech generated from brain recordings

New technology developed at the University of California San Francisco is a stepping-stone to a "neural speech prosthesis", researchers say.

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25th April 2019

Scientists create first billion-atom biomolecular simulation

Detailed models can reveal new insight into the 3-D structures of genes and the role of 3-D organisation in gene function.

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17th April 2019

Pig brains partially revived after death

Circulation and cellular activity were restored in a pig's brain four hours after its death, Yale scientists report today in the journal Nature.

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16th April 2019

New cancer drug targets can accelerate path to precision medicine

Researchers have discovered thousands of genes essential for cancer's survival and ranked which ones show the most promise as drug targets for developing new treatments.

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15th April 2019

First 3D-printed heart using patient's own cells

In a major medical breakthrough, researchers have "printed" the world's first 3D vascularised engineered heart using a patient's own cells and biological materials.

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