by Salk Institute Neurons (magenta) in the mouse brain. The Chalasani lab made specific neurons express TRPA1 (white), so they can be activated by ultrasound. Credit: Salk Institute Salk scientists have engineered mammalian cells to be activated using ultrasound. The method, which the team used to activate human cells in a dish and brain cells...
by Jeremy Deutchman, University of Southern California Graphical abstract. DNA damage and mutation-induced by hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) in mouse cells in vitro. Induction of oxidative DNA damage (8-oxodG) and cII mutant frequency in Big Blue® mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) treated with increasing concentrations of HCQ or control (solvent). Credit: DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2021.103180 During the height of the pandemic,...
