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Researchers let loo-se on unique project

University of Manchester researchers are beginning work on a prototype device for harvesting energy and clean drinking water from human waste.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

New method makes culture of complex tissue possible in any lab

Scientists at the University of California, San Diego have developed a new method for making scaffolds for culturing tissue in three-dimensional arrangements that mimic those in the body. This advance, published online in ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

In lab, Pannexin1 restores tight binding of cells that is lost in cancer

First there is the tumor and then there's the horrible question of whether the cancerous cells will spread. Scientists increasingly believe that the structural properties of the tumor itself, such as how tightly ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists use silk from the tasar silkworm as a scaffold for heart tissue

(PhysOrg.com) -- Damaged human heart muscle cannot be regenerated. Scar tissue grows in place of the damaged muscle cells. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research in Bad Nauheim ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists create a functional model of the extracellular matrix

Scientists at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have created a functional model of the native extracellular matrix that provides structural support to cells to aid growth and proliferation. The model could lead to advances ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New device creates lipid spheres that mimic cell membranes

A new way of manipulating fluids on microscopic levels brings us one step closer to "bottom-up" artificial cell constructs.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Research in cellular memory

How do fetal cells know what cell types to become? Why do cells in the adult body sometimes forget what they are and develop into cancer cells? These are some of the questions intensively investigated within the research ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New method to grow synthetic collagen unveiled

In a significant advance for cosmetic and reconstructive medicine, scientists at Rice University have unveiled a new method for making synthetic collagen. The new material, which forms from a liquid in as ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Sep 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Discovery could create retinas from 'Jell-O'

Researchers at the University of Toronto have developed a new method for creating 3D hydrogel scaffolds that will aid in the development of new tissue and organs grown in a lab.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers discover key mechanism that regulates shape and growth of plants

UBC researchers have discovered a key mechanism that -- much like a construction site foreperson -- controls the direction of plant growth as well as the physical properties of the biopolymers that plants produce.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Mimicking biological complexity, in a tiny particle

Tiny particles made of polymers hold great promise for targeted delivery of drugs and as structural scaffolds for building artificial tissues. However, current production methods for such microparticles yield ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Aug 16, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Sea squirt cells shed light on cancer development

Specialized structures used by cancer cells to invade tissues could also help them escape protection mechanisms aimed at eliminating them, a UA-led research team has discovered.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Artificial tissue promotes skin growth in wounds

(PhysOrg.com) -- Victims of third-degree burns and other traumatic injuries endure pain, disfigurement, invasive surgeries and a long time waiting for skin to grow back. Improved tissue grafts designed by ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Taking aim at tumors: Novel way of studying cancer may inspire new treatments

Many of the newest weapons in the war on cancer come in the form of personalized therapies that can target specific changes in an individual's tumor. By disrupting molecular processes in tumor cells, these ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists develop 2-component polymer scaffolds for controlled 3-D cell culture

At Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), researchers of the DFG Center for Functional Nanostructures (CFN) succeeded in specifically cultivating cells on three-dimensional structures. The fascinating thing ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0