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How Lizards Regenerate their Tails Could Lead to Arthritis Treatments: Key Cartilage Cells Identified
Lizards have the ability to shed their tails to escape predators, after which they will regrow in around 60 days' time.
Although it looks like...
Plants Respond to Touch Sending Different Signals Through Their Cells, Shows New Study
Despite the veins in a leaf appearing like a nervous system, our woody neighbors do not have a nervous system—but that doesn't mean they...
Microbot That Targets and Captures Damaged Cells is Real-Life Pac-Man
A tiny controllable robot acts as a real-life 'Pac-Man'—identifying and gobbling up damaged cells in living things.
Scientists say the minuscule robot, which is seven...
One Stem Cell Injection to Target Inflammation Slashed Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke By 58%
A large trial showed that a single injection of a patient's own stem cells into their heart was able to reduce inflammation and risk...
Interior Design of Human Cells is Mapped for the First Time, a Breakthrough That Could Revolutionize Healthcare
Scientists have just debuted a new way to see how cells organize themselves, shedding modern light on the building blocks of life.
In a new...
In a World First, Scientists Use Artificial DNA to Kill Cancer Cells
Japanese oncologists have used artificial DNA in a whole new way to naturally kill cancer cells by helping the immune system identify them.
The whole...
CAR T-Cell Therapy Sends Lupus into Remission for Patients, Using Specially-Armed Immune Cells
A decade ago, CAR T-cell therapy changed the face of cancer research and treatment. It's now been applied in a small trial to lupus...
Delicious Cancer Breakthrough: Pomegranates Found to Significantly Fuel Tumor-Fighting Immune Cells
A new study shows that a substance found in pomegranates significantly boosts the immune system to fight cancer—triggering a constant supply of endless rejuvenated...
Cure for Baldness Could Be on the Horizon as Hair Cells Are Generated in a Lab
A team of researchers from Japan studying the processes of hair growth has successfully generated hair follicles in cultures. Their in vitro experiments add...
Pipes a Million Times Thinner Than Human Hair Could Deliver Personalized Therapies to Individual Cells
Pipes a million times thinner than a human hair could deliver personalized therapies to individual cells, according to new research.
The 'world's tiniest plumbing system'...
Alzheimer’s Memory Loss Reversed in Mice After Scientists Discover Method to Form New Brain Cells
Alzheimer's has been reversed in mice after scientists at the University of Illinois-Chicago boosted the formation of new brain cells, a breakthrough that could...
Microscopic Robots Made from White Blood Cells Could Treat and Prevent Life-Threatening Illnesses
White blood cells have been made into a kind of micro-robot that could treat and prevent life threatening illnesses, according to scientists in China.
The...
Light Therapy is Harnessed to Target and Kill Cancer Cells in This World First
An innovative light-activated therapy could help detect and treat an aggressive brain cancer type, a new study shows.The ‘photoimmunotherapy’ combines a special fluorescent dye...
3D-Printed Ear is Made and Transplanted From Patient’s Living Cells
In a major advance in the field of biological 3D-printing, a firm has successfully transplanted a printed ear made from a patient's own stem...
New Hydrogen Fuel Cells Use Cheap Iron Instead of Costly Platinum for Green Vehicles
Researchers have developed a hydrogen fuel cell that uses iron instead of rare and costly platinum, enabling greater use of the technology.
Hydrogen fuel cells...
Scientists Use Sound to Destroy Half of Liver Tumors – and Boosted Immune Systems Cleared Away the Rest
Noninvasive sound technology developed at the University of Michigan breaks down liver tumors in rats, kills cancer cells, and spurs the immune system to...
Scientists Rewind the Age of Skin Cells by 30 Years – And Others Nearby Become More Youthful Too
Researchers in the UK have developed a method to 'time jump' human skin cells by 30 years, turning back the aging clock for cells...
Magnesium May Prime the Immune System to Fight Cancer and Infections
A simple mineral we all learned about in high school PE class could be the active ingredient in a new method of cancer treatment...
Live Cells Discovered in Human Breast Milk Could Lead to Future Breast Cancer Treatments
Research at the University of Cambridge has found that breast milk cells, which were once thought to be dead or dying, are in fact...
Breakthrough Using CRISPR to Target Fat Cells in Genetic Study of Obesity
Fat—it is vital for life but too much can lead to a host of health problems. Studying how fat tissue, or adipose, functions in...