Monthly Archives: Giugno 2018
Lipid molecules can be used for cancer growth
When the blood supply is low, cancer cells can use lipid molecules as fuel instead of blood glucose.
This has been shown in animal tumour...
Researchers create new programmed shape-morphing scaffolds enabling facile 3-D endothelialization
Recently, a research team led by Dr. DU Xuemin at the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences created...
New insights into the development of heart disease therapeutics
he heart of a neonatal mouse is capable of self-repair after tissue damage. However, this ability disappears during the first week of life.
Researchers at...
Phase I trial finds experimental drug safe in treating chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Reporting results from a first-in-human phase I clinical trial, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have found that treatment with...
The sleep loss is linked with nighttime snacking, junk food cravings, obesity, diabetes
Nighttime snacking and junk food cravings may contribute to unhealthy eating behaviors and represent a potential link between poor sleep and obesity, according to...
REPORT : Mortar Attacks from Gaza : big problem for Israeli Iron Dome
The Iron Dome anti-missile defense system is without a doubt the champion of Israel’s current conflict with Gaza.
Without it, the hundreds of missiles fired...
An artificial nerve system gives prosthetic devices and robots a sense of touch
Stanford and Seoul National University researchers have developed an artificial sensory nerve system that can activate the twitch reflex in a cockroach and identify...
AI researchers design ‘privacy filter’ for your photos that disables facial recognition systems
Each time you upload a photo or video to a social media platform, its facial recognition systems learn a little more about you.
These algorithms...
Aerial robot that can morph in flight
French researchers have drawn inspiration from birds to design an aerial robot capable of altering its profile during flight.
To reduce its wingspan and navigate...
People who take immunosuppressant medications are less likely to develop Parkinson’s disease
People who take drugs that suppress the immune system are less likely to develop Parkinson’s disease, according to a study from Washington University School...
Study suggests a lack of cognitive flexibility and ability to retain new information may...
Memory, learning and cognitive flexibility depend on a protein ‘off-switch’ in the brain, according to a breakthrough discovery made by an international research collaboration...
A new study reveals how cocaine use alters gene expression and provides new insight...
A study in Biological Psychiatry has identified unique genetic changes in the brain’s reward circuitry that are associated with cocaine use, including first-time use, withdrawal, and...
A new tool opens the possibility of creating drugs that can be taken conveniently...
As scientists gain insights into which genes drive diseases, they are pursuing the next logical question:
Can gene editing technologies be developed to treat or...
