Biological Sciences
Researchers find a slew of new fungal species inhabiting the human gut and suggest a link to an inflammatory bowel disease.
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A startup company based on technology developed at the Georgia Institute of Technology is creating an efficient, safe and repeatable delivery method that protects cells from death and migration from the treatment site.
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An Indiana University team of researchers has conducted the most in-depth and diverse genetic analysis of the defense systems that trillions of micro-organisms in the human body use to fend off viruses.
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Enabling bioengineers to design new molecular machines for nanotechnology applications is one of the possible outcomes of a study by University of Montreal researchers
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A team of researchers at Stony Brook University has developed a new, highly efficacious, potentially safer and more cost effective nanoparticle-based MRI contrast agent for improved disease diagnosis and detection.
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Findings suggest ways to increase oil production for biofuels and industrial processes.
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Scientists have designed a screening tool that provides a fast, easy and relatively inexpensive way to predict levels of a specific toxin in lakes that are prone to blue-green algal blooms.
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Investigators announced today that they reached a significant milestone by determining 1,000 protein structures from infectious disease organisms.
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An international team, led by the U.S. Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and including members from Arizona State University, shows how the world's most powerful X-ray laser can help crack the atomic code of biomolecules.
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Salk scientists develop new technique for solving the structure of most popular targets for half of all drugs, potentially aiding discovery of new therapeutics.
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A modified soft-drink cooler, developed by researchers at MIT’s D-Lab, could make a dent in the disease’s impact
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New York University physicists have developed a method that models biological cell-to-cell adhesion that could also have industrial applications.
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