A team of researchers has discovered that the norovirus bug can escape destruction by hiding in a rare type of cell found in the gut. Norovirus is the leading cause of non-bacterial gastroenteritis, which causes 267 million infections, and 200,000 deaths worldwide each year.
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Technologies that reprogram one type of cell to perform the role of another hold a huge amount of potential, and scientists are now reporting a promising advance in the area, in the form of patch that they say can use an electric pulse to turn skin cells into the building blocks of any organ.
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Plants are smarter than we give them credit for. Now, a team from the University of Birmingham has discovered a cluster of cells in seeds that act like a brain to decide when the plant should sprout, in a find that could help improve crop yields.
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Cancer often spreads to other organs and parts of the body through a process called metastasis, which, if left unchecked, can be fatal. A new paper is looking at the current state of metastasis research, to help scientists cripple cancer’s ability to spread throughout the body.
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Art and technology have always been fundamentally intertwined, with new techniques and materials allowing artists to innovate and create new works. In this edition of our ongoing series looking at different forms of technological art, we examine the controversial and compelling arena of BioArt.
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Beating cancer won't come from one “eureka!” moment, but a series of advances and techniques that add up to better treatments. Cancer could die by a million cuts, and the latest is interrupting the cells' natural waste disposal system, causing defective proteins to build up and choke the tumor out.
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One of cancer's effects on the body is the stiffening of cells. While detecting this phenomenon early could help lead to better treatment options for cancer victims, thus far, doing so hasn't been possible on a cell-by-cell basis. By using two lasers and a camera, researchers have changed that.
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With little more than a standard inkjet printer, some silicone, and a sheet of polymer film, Stanford researchers have created a reusable diagnostic "lab on a chip" that costs just 1 cent to make. This new technology could help vastly improve disease detection worldwide.
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“Mini-brains,” models created from 3D cultures of neural cells, could help reduce our reliance on animal testing. Now researchers have discovered the neural cells are growing their own blood vessels too, opening the door for better studies of stroke, Alzheimer’s and concussion.
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Scientists have long known that DNA segments called telomeres play a crucial part in aging, but new research has discovered a protein that acts as a kind of cellular timekeeper, regulating the length of telomeres to maintain healthy cell division and prevent the development of cancer.
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