Harvard researchers discover how the brain controls symptoms of sickness
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What most people don’t know is that it’s actually the brain behind why you feel sick. It’s a result of the immune system kicking into gear.
Joseph Shavit
- Jun 7, 2022
Researchers unlock the cellular secrets of ageing
Researchers discovered how genetic mutations accumulated slowly over a lifetime lead to dramatic changes in how blood is formed after 70.
Joseph Shavit
- Jun 3, 2022
No more flu for you? Discovery blocks influenza virus’ replication in cells
Researchers have just found a way to block one strain of the influenza virus from accessing a human protein it needs to replicate in cells.
Joseph Shavit
- Jun 1, 2022
The human heart can repair itself, and we now know how
A new study has revealed that the immune response system and the lymphatic system of the body are crucial in the heart's ability to repair.
Joseph Shavit
- May 19, 2022
A new era of genome editing has begun
Researchers developed a new gene-editing platform called transcription activator-like effector-linked deaminases, or TALED for short.
Joseph Shavit
- Mar 13, 2022
How does a single cell turn into something as majestic as a tree?
Researchers have demonstrated for the first time one way that a small molecule turns a single cell into something as large as a tree.
Joseph Shavit
- Mar 10, 2022
How does the brain make memories?
In a Cedars-Sinai study, researchers have discovered two types of brain cells that play a key role in dividing continuous human experience.
Joseph Shavit
- Mar 4, 2022
Biohybrid nanorobots intelligently target drug delivery
How tiny robots with living parts are designed and fabricated to perform tasks such as effectively delivering drugs to body tissues.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 6, 2022
Scientists uncover a method to predict cardiovascular disease
The study, published in Nature, may allow the development of new treatments to minimize the consequences of myocardial infarction.
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 1, 2021
Team builds first living robots—that can reproduce
AI-designed Xenobots reveal entirely new form of biological self-replication—promising for regenerative medicine
Joseph Shavit
- Nov 20, 2021
How a molecule turns a single cell into something as large as a tree
Researchers have demonstrated for the first time one way that a small molecule turns a single cell into something as large as a tree
Joseph Shavit
- Nov 16, 2021
Revolutionary pneumonia treatment overcomes bacterial resistance with 'EEZE'
Researchers at the NIH have discovered a therapy that targets host cells rather than bacterial cells in treating bacterial pneumonia.
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