Researchers produce grafts that replicate the human ear

Researchers Produce Grafts that Replicate the Human Ear Credit: Spector Lab Researchers Produce Grafts that Replicate the Human Ear Using state-of-the-art tissue engineering techniques and a 3D printer, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell Engineering have...

New insights into gas vesicle clustering in bacteria open doors for biomedical applications

Gas vesicles are hollow structures made of protein found in the cells of certain microorganisms, and researchers at Rice University believe they can be programmed for use in biomedical applications. Inside cells, gas vesicles...

As 10x Launches Visium HD, Will Single Cell Resolution Draw New Customers?

10x Genomics has begun commercial shipping of its long-awaited Visium HD Spatial Gene Expression instrument this week, a next-generation version of the company’s Visium spatial biology tool, two years after first announcing the technology. Visium...

Terragia Raises $6 Million to Develop Low-Carbon Biofuel Technology

Terragia Biofuel raised $6 million in a seed round led by Engine Ventures and Energy Impact Partners. Terragia officials say the company will use the capital to commercialize its biology-based approach to converting cellulosic...

Unveiling gender differences in cancer: new insights into genomic instability

Recent research spearheaded by Chunmei Cui at the State Key Laboratory of Vascular Homeostasis and Remodeling, Peking University, China, casts a new light on the nuanced interplay between gender and cancer, uncovering significant sex-specific...

Second-generation melanoma vaccine prolongs survival of patients with skin cancer

A second-generation melanoma vaccine being developed at UVA Cancer Center improves long-term survival for melanoma patients compared with the first-generation vaccine, new research shows. Interestingly, the benefit of the second-generation vaccine was greater for...

Mitotic Stopwatch Monitors and Prevents Division of Defective Cells

Cell division is a precise process, but sometimes it can be impaired, allowing diseases such as cancer to develop. Researchers at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) in collaboration with scientists at the...

Vaccines in Development

RNA-based immunizing agents have enriched the repertoire of technologies used for vaccine development. An analysis of the active clinical trials in early Phase I and Phase I during the year of 2023 illustrates this...

Ancient DNA reveals the appearance of a 6th century Chinese emperor

What did an ancient Chinese emperor from 1,500 years ago look like? A team of researchers reconstructed the face of Chinese Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou using DNA extracted from his remains. The study,...

Chinese Medical Journal Review article explores ferroptosis in lung cancer

An estimated 2.2 million people suffer from lung cancer worldwide, making it the second most common type of cancer. Though improvements in treatment have been made, the overall survival rate of lung cancer patients...