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Synthetic red blood cells mimic favorable properties of natural ones

Scientists have tried to develop synthetic red blood cells that mimic the favorable properties of natural ones, such as flexibility, oxygen transport and long circulation times.

4 Jun 2020

New technique enables high-resolution visualization of tumor heterogeneity patterns

Malignant tumors consume nutrients and oxygen faster than healthy cells. To do so, they recruit blood vessels in their environment.

28 May 2020

A New Imaging Approach To See Multiple Proteins Simultaneously

Degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's often involve complex interactions between multiple proteins and other biomolecules.

19 May 2020

Direct Control Of Dendritic Cells For Tracking And Immune Modulation

Dendritic cells are one of our bodies' first line of defense and are stationed like sentinels at all surfaces, as well as in most of our organs.

19 May 2020

Nanostimulators Boost Stem Cells For Muscle Repair

In medicine, a treatment for patients whose muscles are damaged from lack of oxygen would be to invigorate them with an injection of their own stem cells.

4 May 2020

Researchers develop a modular system for genetic reprogramming of bacteria

Novel biomaterials could soon be created using magnetic bacteria.

26 Mar 2020

Study demonstrates ability of blended electrospun mat to gradually release protein

Russian scientists from the Federal Research Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine, the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, and Lomonosov Moscow State University have shown that it is possible to combine two incompatible components—a protein and a polymer—in one electrospun fiber.

17 Mar 2020