Blocked blood vessels in the brains of stroke patients prevent oxygen-rich blood from getting to cells, causing severe damage. Plants and some microbes produce oxygen through photosynthesis. What if there was a way to make ...
Bio & Medicine
May 19, 2021
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Scientists have revealed how an antibiotic of 'last resort' kills bacteria.
Cell & Microbiology
May 4, 2021
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When disease outbreaks happen, response time in developing and distributing treatments is crucial to saving lives. Unfortunately, developing custom drugs as countermeasures is often a slow and difficult process.
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 21, 2021
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One surprising star of the coronavirus pandemic response has been the molecule called mRNA. It's the key ingredient in the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines. But mRNA itself is not a new invention from the lab. It evolved ...
Biotechnology
Apr 12, 2021
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Researchers from AUT BioDesign Lab have developed a prosthetic fin to rehabilitate injured sea turtles. Healthy oceans need sea turtles, but they are unfortunately frequently injured by human factors such as boats and fishing ...
Biotechnology
Mar 30, 2021
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A rare isotope in high demand for treating cancer is now more available to pharmaceutical companies developing and testing new drugs.
Materials Science
Mar 26, 2021
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Nearly half of the public schools in America are now holding in-person classes, with white children far more likely to be in those classrooms than Black, Hispanic or Asian students, the first federal data on the state of ...
Education
Mar 24, 2021
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Hormone drugs that reduce androgen levels may help disarm the coronavirus spike protein used to infect cells and stop the progression of severe COVID-19 disease, suggests a new preclinical study from researchers in the Abramson ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 22, 2021
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Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic began more than a year ago, public health officials, scientists and policy leaders have struggled to contain the viral contagion that has claimed more than 2.4 million lives worldwide and ...
Biotechnology
Mar 17, 2021
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Damage to DNA is the basic cause of cancer. As you read this, many of your cells are producing new DNA, and some of that DNA will contain errors in its sequence, as the cell makes small mistakes in production.
Biotechnology
Mar 4, 2021
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