Human inner ear organs grown: Could lead to new therapies for hearing, balance impairments
Human inner ear organoid with sensory hair cells (cyan) and sensory neurons (yellow). An antibody for the protein CTBP2 reveals cell nuclei as well...
Wireless device can see through walls to detect walking speed
WiGait uses wireless signals to continuously measure a person's walking speed.
Credit: Jason Dorfman, MIT CSAIL
We've long known that breathing, blood pressure, body temperature and...
Plant cell walls’ stretch-but-don’t-break growth more complex than once thought
An atomic force microscope allowed researchers a chance to take a much closer look at how microfibrils -- hair-like fibers made of cellulose that...
Personalized psychiatry matches therapy to specific patients with depression
Predicted probabilities of remission for each treatment at different levels of body mass index (BMI).
Credit: Personalized Medicine in Psychiatry
Selecting the antidepressant that will be...
A transplant and a cure: Research team eradicates hepatitis C in 10 patients following...
Ten patients have been cured of the Hepatitis C virus following lifesaving kidney transplants from deceased donors who were infected with the disease. (Stock...
Widespread vitamin D deficiency likely due to sunscreen use, increase of chronic diseases
Considered a hormone rather than a vitamin, vitamin D is produced when skin is exposed to sunlight. Vitamin D receptors are found in virtually...
Gene editing strategy eliminates HIV-1 infection in live animals
Scientists have demonstrated that HIV-1 replication can be completely shut down and the virus eliminated from infected cells in animals with a powerful gene...
Team discovers a new invasive clam in the US
A new, unknown clam of the genus Corbicula is the third to reach the US from Asia.
Credit: Graphic by Danielle Ruffatto
They found it in...
The mysterious powers of spider silks
This is a golden orb-weaver spider (Nephila clavipes).
Credit: Matjaz Kuntner, Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Spider silks, the stuff of spider webs, are a...
Earthquakes can make thrust faults open violently and snap shut
Illustration based on computer model shows how the hanging wall (right) of a thrust fault can twist away from the foot wall (left) during...
Neurons’ faulty wiring leads to serotonin imbalance, depression-like behavior in mice
Confocal immunofluorescence images showing the tiled arrangements of serotonergic neurons in the hippocampus of a normal mouse (left), and the uneven spacing and clumping...
