Paper-based diagnostic tests are cheap, convenient and biodegradable. However, their use is limited by conventional dyes — which are not
Category: Health
Schizophrenia: 30 genes under suspicion
The research group led by Prof. Alex Schier, Director of the University of Basel’s Biozentrum, has identified 30 genes associated
Stabilizing ends of chromosomes could treat age-related disease
A study led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine has uncovered a new strategy that can potentially treat age-related
‘Free lunch’ warps inner spatial map in rat brains and, by implication, human brains
The next time you’re offered a free sample as you’re walking past a storefront, go ahead and take it. But
Designer organelles bring new functionalities into cells
For the first time, scientists have engineered the complex biological process of translation into a designer organelle in a living
This drug failed to treat cancer, but it could improve dementia
Scientists have found that an experimental drug that failed against cancer may treat dementia instead. However, can they test it
Cultured stem cells reconstruct sensory nerve and tissue structure in the nose
A team of researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine developed a method to grow and maintain olfactory stem cells
A billion people will be newly exposed to diseases like dengue fever as world temperatures rise
As many as a billion people could be newly exposed to disease-carrying mosquitoes by the end of the century because
In mice, single population of stem cells contributes to lifelong hippocampal neurogenesis
Scientists once thought that mammals entered adulthood with all of the neurons they would ever have, but studies from the
Novel brain map tracks early brain atrophy from HIV infection
A new map of brain tissue in people with HIV shows atrophy in several areas including a primary neurocognitive control
