Health and medicine - It Ain't Magic

Apr

11

Cubes of brain tissue allow drug discovery without animals

Modeling the blood-brain-barrier with brains-in-a-cube allows drug testing without the need for animals.

Apr

3

Analysis shows that some gut bacteria could help improve oral immunotherapy against milk allergy.

Apr

2

Scientists find recognition receptors for plant growth and plant immunity that share a common evolutionary origin.

Mar

21

De novo mutations in three-dimensional structures in the genome containing known ASD genes were found to be associated with ASD risk.

Mar

19

Scientists discover a way to transform antiskyrmions to skyrmions and back using heat and magnetic fields.

Jan

23

Scientists create a microfluidic device that spins artificial spider silk from spidroins proteins, duplicating silk’s complex molecular structure.