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Toward giving artificial cells the ability for sustained movement

Toward giving artificial cells the ability for sustained movement (w/Video)

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scientists in Japan are reporting an advance toward giving artificial cells another hallmark of life -- the ability to tap an energy source and use it to undergo sustained movement. Their study, published ...


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Artificial cells, simple model for complex structure

Chemistry /

created Feb 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A simple, chemical materials model may lead to a better understanding of the structure and organization of the cell according to a Penn State researcher.


Researchers design artificial cells that could power medical implants

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Oct 09, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (17) | comments 2

Researchers at Yale University have created a blueprint for artificial cells that are more powerful and efficient than the natural cells they mimic and could one day be used to power tiny medical implants.





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Cells defend themselves from viruses, bacteria with armor of protein errors

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 1

When cells are confronted with an invading virus or bacteria or exposed to an irritating chemical, they protect themselves by going off their DNA recipe and inserting the wrong amino acid into new proteins to defend them ...


Butterfly proboscis to sip cells

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A butterfly's proboscis looks like a straw -- long, slender, and used for sipping -- but it works more like a paper towel, according to Konstantin Kornev of Clemson University. He hopes to borrow the tricks of this piece ...


Scientists identify DNA that regulates antibody production

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- When foreign invaders trip the immune system’s alarm, antibodies need to be specially sculpted to attack them head on. New research now shows that gene segments called enhancers control the reshuffling of ...


Scientists guide immune cells with light and microparticles

Scientists guide immune cells with light and microparticles (w/ Video)

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A team led by Yale University scientists has developed a new approach to studying how immune cells chase down bacteria in our bodies. Their findings are described in the November 15 issue of Nature Methods Advanc ...


Engineers Will Create Planetary Rover From Retinal Implant Test Robot

Engineers Will Create Planetary Rover From Retinal Implant Test Robot

Electronics / Robotics

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The research, led by Wolfgang Fink, will aid both people with visual impairments and scientists involved in planetary exploration.


Nanoparticles for gene therapy improve

Nanoparticles for gene therapy improve

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- About five years ago, Professor Janet Sawicki at the Lankenau Institute in Pennsylvania read an article about nanoparticles developed by MIT's Robert Langer for gene therapy, the insertion ...


Nano-Scale Drug Delivery For Chemotherapy

Nano-Scale Drug Delivery For Chemotherapy

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Oct 31, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Going smaller could bring better results, especially when it comes to cancer-fighting drugs.


HIV tamed by designer 'leash'

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers have shown how an antiviral protein produced by the immune system, dubbed tetherin, tames HIV and other viruses by literally putting them on a leash, to prevent their escape from infected cells. The insights reported ...


Mantis shrimps could show us the way to a better DVD

Mantis shrimps could show us the way to a better DVD

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Oct 25, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (18) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- The remarkable eyes of a marine crustacean could inspire the next generation of DVD and CD players, according to a new study from the University of Bristol published today in Nature Photonics.


Reprogramming a patient's eye cells may herald new treatments against degenerative disease

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Scientists have overcome a key barrier to the clinical use of stem cells with a technique which transforms regular body cells into artificial stem cells without the need for introducing foreign genetic materials, which could ...



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