Researchers from North Carolina State University have found a very high prevalence of Bartonella bacteria in tumors and tissues—but not blood samples—taken from dogs with hemangiosarcoma, a cancer of the blood vessels. ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 16, 2020
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Australian summer temperatures have risen by 1.66℃ over the past 20 years. In the past century we've seen a significant increase in the number, intensity and duration of heatwaves during our summers.
Environment
Dec 31, 2019
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Kyoto University researchers have developed a new 'tumor-on-a-chip' device that can better mimic the environment inside the body, paving the way for improved screening of potential cancer fighting drugs.
Biochemistry
Dec 20, 2019
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200 years ago, a doctor from France used a stethoscope for the first time. Countless efforts to observe the human body have been made since then. Up to now, the best tool that provides anatomical, functional, and molecular ...
Optics & Photonics
Dec 16, 2019
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Personalised blood vessel testing kit could unravel causes and treatments for heart attack, stroke and vascular dementia, find scientists.
Biotechnology
Dec 9, 2019
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University of Delaware researchers have discovered that lipoprotein lipase, an enzyme crucial for fat metabolism, may be contributing to wooden breast syndrome in broiler chickens.
Veterinary medicine
Nov 21, 2019
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Blood clots have long been implicated in heart attacks and strokes, together accounting for almost half of deaths annually in the United States. While the role of one key protein in the process, called von Willebrand factor, ...
General Physics
Nov 19, 2019
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The lack of a clinically viable method to track and direct cancer drugs to tumors is a big problem for targeted therapeutics.
General Physics
Nov 12, 2019
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A biomimetic blood vessel was fabricated using a modified 3-D cell printing technique and bioinks, which were formulated from smooth muscle cells from a human aorta and endothelial cells from an umbilical vein. The result ...
General Physics
Oct 22, 2019
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A new way of 3-D printing soft materials such as gels and collagens offers a major step forward in the manufacture of artificial medical implants.
Materials Science
Oct 2, 2019
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