A protective mineral coating identified by University of Wisconsin–Madison biomedical engineering researchers could allow powerful messenger RNA therapeutics like COVID-19 vaccines to be stored at room temperature, making ...
Biochemistry
Dec 20, 2023
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A Johns Hopkins materials scientist and a team of collaborators have developed a tiny device that may hold promise for restoring mobility to those with lower limb paralysis, a condition affecting approximately 1.4 million ...
Bio & Medicine
Nov 27, 2023
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Northwestern Medicine scientists have developed a molecular "scaffold" capable of enhancing electrical activity and growth in neurons, which may prove useful in treating spinal cord injuries, according to recent results published ...
Bio & Medicine
Oct 26, 2023
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In a new study in mice, a team of researchers from UCLA, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, and Harvard University have uncovered a crucial component for restoring functional activity after spinal cord injury. The ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 23, 2023
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Bears in hibernation as well as paraplegic people spend months or even years lying almost motionless while avoiding dangerous blood clots. In healthy people, however, being bedridden is always accompanied by the risk of thrombosis—a ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Apr 14, 2023
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For nearly 50 years, a jawless fish called the lamprey has interested scientists because of its remarkable ability to recover from spinal cord injuries. A new study reveals a possible technique lampreys may use to swim again, ...
Biotechnology
Apr 1, 2023
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The labor force participation rate reached an all-time high for people with disabilities in February, according to today's National Trends in Disability Employment—semi-monthly update (nTIDE), issued by Kessler Foundation ...
Economics & Business
Mar 10, 2023
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Researchers at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA have developed a first-of-its-kind roadmap detailing how stem cells become sensory interneurons—the cells that enable ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 20, 2022
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Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) and Columbia University Irving Medical Center have found an unexpected link between spinal locomotor network activity and adult ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Aug 12, 2021
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Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) have succeeded in creating the first genetically engineered marsupial. This study, published in the scientific journal Current Biology, will contribute ...
Biotechnology
Jul 21, 2021
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