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New technology can sense the presence of toxic metals in the water supply
The new platform uses cell-free synthetic biology to test for 17 contaminants, including lead, copper, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics Tests cost pennies to make and minutes to work Researchers tested the platform in Paradise, California,...
Microplastic pollution harms lobster larvae, study finds
Microplastic fibers in the ocean impact larval lobsters at each stage of their development
Credit: Madelyn Woods
Microplastic fiber pollution in the ocean impacts larval lobsters at each...
Type 5 Collagen May Determine Amount of Scarring after Heart Attack
Researchers from UCLA say that work conducted in mice could explain why some people suffer more extensive scarring than others after a heart attack. Their study ”Type V Collagen in Scar Tissue Regulates the...
Cell ‘membrane on a chip’ could help test potential drug candidates for COVID-19
Researchers have developed a human cell 'membrane on a chip' that allows continuous monitoring of how drugs and infectious agents interact with our cells, and may soon be used to test potential drug candidates...
How Immuno-Oncology Contributes to the Fight Against Covid-19
As the Covid-19 pandemic sweeps the world, cancer research is proving a valuable resource for developing new treatments for infectious diseases by harnessing the power of the immune system.
Despite the growing number of viral...
Injections are two-and-a-half times safer when nurses use revamped guidelines
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The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) is changing the way it writes its guidelines for giving injections in hospitals, following groundbreaking research from the...
New nanomedicines for mRNA therapeutics in breast cancer and heart failure – Mirage News
TAU researcher Prof. Dan Peer, from the school of Molecular Cell Biology and Biotechnology, is one of 11 partners in the international project EXPERT that has been awarded a total of 14.9 million EUR...
‘Fang’tastic: researchers report amphibians with snake-like dental glands
Utah State University and Butantan Institute scientists publish evolutionary findings in ‘iScience.’
Credit: Butantan Institute, Brazil
LOGAN, UTAH, USA – Utah State University biologist Edmund ‘Butch’ Brodie, Jr....
First evidence of snake-like venom glands found in amphibians
Credit: Carlos Jared
Caecilians are limbless amphibians that, to the untrained eye, can be easily mistaken for snakes. Though caecilians are only distantly related to their reptilian...
