Engineers at Washington University in St. Louis used nanoparticles, aerosol technology and locusts in proof of concept research that could someday change the way medicine is delivered to the brain.
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Delivering life-saving drugs directly to...
Paul J.D. Whiteside demonstrates the sonoillumination waveguide device.
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The first laser treatments used to treat skin conditions such as benign vascular birthmarks and port-wine stains were developed more than 40 years ago. Since then,...
The countries with the highest proportion of women who reported alcohol consumption during pregnancy were the UK (28.5 %), Russia (26.5 %) and Switzerland (20.9 %).
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A study among over 7000 women in 11 European countries...
Duke researchers have linked specific differences in the brain's cerebellum (pink) and pons to increased risk for multiple forms of mental disorder.
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A Duke University study is the first to link specific differences in brain structure...
The study used Great Barrier Reef sponge Amphimedon queenslandica.
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Humans have a lot in common with the humble sea sponge, according to research that changes the way we think about animal evolution.
University of Queensland School...
The experimental data shows how a light pulse dissociates a hydrogen nucleus from the nitrogen atom without destroying important bonds within the molecule.
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The experiments took place at the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) free-electron laser in California...
The organoids are capable of generating both secretory (red) and epithelial (cyan) cells of the uterus.
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Scientists at the University of Cambridge have succeeded in growing miniature functional models of the lining of the womb (uterus)...
This is a cross section of a mouse liver lobule under a fluorescence microscope. The middle layer reveals an abundance of messenger RNA molecules (white dots) for the gene encoding hepcidin, the iron-regulating hormone.
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If you...
Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease that causes persistent lung infections and limits the ability to breathe over time.
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Researchers from the George Washington University (GW), the University of Perugia, and the University of Rome have...
Here, cells protected from rhinovirus by membrane-tethered, receptor-blocking antibodies survive well and form colonies.
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Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have found a way to tether HIV-fighting antibodies to immune cells, creating a cell population...
Rapid and promising progress has been made toward a Zika vaccine.
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The first live-attenuated Zika vaccine still in the development stage completely protected mice against the virus after a single vaccination dose, according to new research...
