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3D organoid culture method can generate large numbers of muscle cells in vitro
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3D organoid culture method can generate large numbers of muscle cells in vitro

September 12, 2024 by Alice McCarthy, Harvard University Microscopy image of a skeletal muscle organoid. The green cells are in vitro-derived satellite cells. Credit: Feodor PriceHarvard stem cell biologists have pioneered a groundbreaking 3D organoid culture method for generating large numbers of adult skeletal muscle satellite cells, also known as muscle stem cells, in vitro....

Silver nanoparticles and a new sensing method can fight back against antibiotic-resistant biofilms
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Silver nanoparticles and a new sensing method can fight back against antibiotic-resistant biofilms

Story by Rahel Collyer-Hoar Silver nanoparticles, combined with a conventional antibiotic drug and stabilized by a polymer, work together to damage the cell walls of bacteria within biofilms. Credit: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)From safeguarding our food supply to preventing hospital infections, the battle against antibiotic-resistant bacteria is a growing challenge....

Aston University develops novel bone cancer therapy which has 99% success rate
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Aston University develops novel bone cancer therapy which has 99% success rate

News Release 10-Sep-2024 Peer-Reviewed PublicationAston University image: Professor Richard Martin Credit: Aston University Bioactive glasses, doped with gallium developed to create a potential treatment for bone cancerLab tests have a 99 percent success rate of killing cancerous cellsMethod could also regenerate diseased bones. Bioactive glasses, a filling material which can bond to tissue and improve...

Scientists use AI to detect chronic high blood pressure in people’s voice recordings
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Scientists use AI to detect chronic high blood pressure in people’s voice recordings

September 10, 2024 by Klick Applied Science Overview of the proposed ML-based acoustic model for hypertension screening. Abbreviations: BP-blood pressure; SBP-systolic blood pressure; DBP-diastolic blood pressure; LLD-low-level descriptor; LASSO-Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator; SMOTE-Synthetic Minority Oversampling Technique. The subscripts I and F refer to initial and final measurements, respectively. Credit: IEEE Access (2024). DOI:...

Tiny magnetic nanorobots show promise for treating brain aneurysms
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Tiny magnetic nanorobots show promise for treating brain aneurysms

Sep 6 2024 Researchers have created nanoscale robots which could be used to manage bleeds in the brain caused by aneurysms. Engineered magnetic nanorobots about 300nm in diameter. Image credit- Jian Wu The development could enable precise, relatively low-risk treatment of brain aneurysms, which cause around 500,000 deaths globally each year. The medical condition –...

Researchers develop rapid test to detect dopamine
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Researchers develop rapid test to detect dopamine

September 5, 2024 by Eddy Duryea, University of Central Florida Description of plasmonic biosensor platform. (A) Schematic of integrated plasmonic biosensor platform. Top inset shows specificity of surface-functionalized DNA aptamer in presence of other interfering species, where the aptamer binds selectively to dopamine. Bottom inset shows a cartoon representation of the plasmonic biosensor. (B and...

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New approach moves cell therapy closer to treating many disorders

September 3, 2024. by Krishna Ramanujan, Cornell University Microcarrier-microbioreactor setup and protocol. Credit: Journal of Translational Medicine (2024). DOI: 10.1186/s12967-024-05373-7A new approach to manufacturing cells that secrete and deliver therapies to specific parts of the body has taken a big step toward one day repairing joints and damage after heart attacks, countering transplant rejection and...

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Sweat-powered wearable enables continuous health monitoring from the fingertip

University of California – San Diego Sep 3 2024 A sweat-powered wearable has the potential to make continuous, personalized health monitoring as effortless as wearing a Band-Aid. Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed an electronic finger wrap that monitors vital chemical levels-;such as glucose, vitamins, and even drugs-;present in the same...

Biomarkers may predict future sinus rhythm in patients with atrial fibrillation
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Biomarkers may predict future sinus rhythm in patients with atrial fibrillation

September 2, 2024 by Kompetenznetz Vorhofflimmern e.V. (AFNET) Graphical Abstract. Credit: European Heart Journal (2024). DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehae611Low concentrations of three selected biomarkers in the blood of patients with atrial fibrillation identify patients with a high chance of attaining sinus rhythm. This is the main result of this analysis of the EAST—AFNET 4 biomolecule study. The...