A low-cost technology involving nanoparticles loaded with antibiotics and other antimicrobial compounds that can be used in multiple attacks on infections by the bacterium responsible for most cases of tuberculosis has been ...
Bio & Medicine
Dec 19, 2023
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Using powerful computer models, researchers from Brown University have shown for the first time how different types of red blood cells interact to cause sickle cell crisis, a dangerous blockage of blood flow in capillaries ...
General Physics
Jun 24, 2013
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More forms of mercury can be converted to deadly methylmercury than previously thought, according to a study published Sunday in Nature Geoscience. The discovery provides scientists with another piece of the mercury puzzle, ...
Environment
Aug 6, 2013
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A University of Central Florida chemist has come up with a unique way to kill certain cancer cells – give them acid reflux.
Biochemistry
Mar 7, 2013
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They are the scavengers of the deep and the dead.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 27, 2019
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Promoting the guided regeneration of nerve cells could transform the treatment of a vast range of debilitating conditions, including brain injuries, nerve damage and degenerative neurological diseases. Electrically stimulating ...
Polymers
Oct 31, 2014
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(Phys.org)—New research from the University of Glasgow suggests that lifespan is affected by the rate at which bodies grow early in life.
Plants & Animals
Dec 12, 2012
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Researchers at Stanford University have found that spraying a gel on the internal tissues of animals after cardiac surgery greatly reduces adhesions, fibrous bands that form between internal organs and tissues. Adhesions ...
Materials Science
Aug 7, 2019
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Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have added to evidence that a protein called CaMKII improves strength, endurance, muscle health and fitness in young animals. Their experiments working with mice and fruit ...
Evolution
Aug 4, 2021
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Recent studies conducted at Marshall University have demonstrated that nanoparticles of cerium oxide -- common diesel fuel additives used to increase the fuel efficiency of automobile engines -- can travel from the lungs ...
Bio & Medicine
Nov 17, 2011
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