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Engineers Have Grown a Major Piece of The Human Heart in Miniature, And It Beats
18.7.2022 | Press monitoring
Though research into treatments for cardiovascular disease has come a long way in recent decades, heart problems still claim the lives of nearly 18 million people around the world each year. A tiny working model of a human ventricle could open fresh new ground in developing novel drugs and therapies, and for studying the development of...
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Biohybrid material could replace and regrow damaged cartilage
15.7.2022 | Press monitoring
When cartilage in joints such as the knees gets damaged, it is very slow to heal – if it ever does at all. An experimental new biohybrid material could one day replace it, however, and may even promote the growth of new natural cartilage. One of the challenges in designing artificial cartilage lies in the fact that like its natural counterpart,...
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Turning white blood cells into medicinal microrobots with light
13.7.2022 | Press monitoring
Medicinal microrobots could help physicians better treat and prevent diseases. But most of these devices are made with synthetic materials that trigger immune responses in vivo. Now, for the first time, researchers have used lasers to precisely control neutrophils – a type of white blood cell – as a natural, biocompatible microrobot in living...
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Synthetic peptide acts on endocannabinoid system to combat obesity
11.7.2022 | Press monitoring
An international team of researchers experimenting with the function of the endocannabinoid system have shown how it can be manipulated to combat obesity with the help of a synthetic peptide. The studies carried out on mice demonstrate how the treatment can prevent weight gain and keep diabetes at bay even on high-fat diets, and that it has the...
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Plant-based prawns to protect the marine environment
8.7.2022 | Press monitoring
Around the world, people are consuming more and more fish and seafood, such as mussels and prawns. This includes Switzerland, where consumption has risen by 60 percent over the past quarter of a century to reach 75,000 metric tons a year. Of this volume, 97 percent is imported, with predictable consequences for the environment: overfishing, along...
Shapeshifting microrobots can brush and floss teeth
6.7.2022 | Press monitoring
A shapeshifting robotic microswarm may one day act as a toothbrush, rinse, and dental floss in one. The technology, developed by a multidisciplinary team at the University of Pennsylvania, is poised to offer a new and automated way to perform the mundane but critical daily tasks of brushing and flossing. It's a system that could be particularly...
New CRISPR tool corrects mutations by copying genes between chromosomes
4.7.2022 | Press monitoring
Researchers at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) have demonstrated an intriguing new variation on the CRISPR gene-editing system, which involves fixing a mutation on one chromosome by copying a healthy version from the other. “Nicking” the DNA seemed to work better than cutting it. In many genetic disorders, the defective mutation...
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Metal nanoparticles serves as plant growth regulators
1.7.2022 | Press monitoring
Engineered nanomaterials (EMs) negatively or positively affect plant growth and development attributed to their physiochemical properties, application, and concentrations. Previous studies have shown that ferroferric oxide (Fe3O4) nanoparticles affect tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) seed germination in size- and dosage-dependent manners. However,...
Researchers propose widespread banking of stool samples for fecal transplants later in life
29.6.2022 | Press monitoring
Changes in the way that humans live and eat have resulted in tremendous alterations in the gut microbiome, especially over the past few decades. These changes have been linked to increased rates of asthma, allergies, diseases of the digestive system, type 2 diabetes, and other conditions. In an opinion article published June 30 in the journal...
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Artificial photosynthesis can produce food without sunshine
27.6.2022 | Press monitoring
Photosynthesis has evolved in plants for millions of years to turn water, carbon dioxide, and the energy from sunlight into plant biomass and the foods we eat. This process, however, is very inefficient, with only about 1% of the energy found in sunlight ending up in the plant. Scientists at UC Riverside and the University of Delaware have found...
