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Personalized Anticancer Vaccine Tested in Mice
Researchers are using mice to show how a combination of peptides and oncolytic viruses, used as an adjuvant, can provide effective immunization against cancer.
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A Step Closer to Replacing Chemical Pesticides
A novel screening method can help scientists to identify microorganisms that stimulate plant immune mechanisms without harming the plants themselves. This would effectively work like a vaccine and could reduce the need for chemical pesticides.
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Taking the Temperature of the Greenland Ice Sheet With Fiber Optics
Scientists have used a new technique in which laser pulses are transmitted in a fiber-optic cable to obtain the most detailed measurements of ice properties ever taken on the Greenland Ice Sheet.
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Preventing Permanent Hearing Loss Caused by Cancer Drug
Scientists have identified a receptor that could be inhibited to prevent permanent hearing loss in childhood cancer survivors who are being treated with the drug cisplatin.
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Increasing the Diversity of Cells Used in Medical Research
In a collaborative report published in Cell, scientists from Sydney and New York describe the critical worldwide need to improve the diversity of cells used in medical research.
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Cataloging Cells To Pinpoint Origins of Breast Cancer
Researchers have cataloged thousands of normal human and mouse breast cell types in an effort to distinguish normal genetic shifts from those associated with cancer.
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Bio-Inspired Scaffolds Help Promote Muscle Growth
Rice University bioengineers are fabricating and testing tunable electrospun scaffolds completely derived from decellularized skeletal muscle to promote the regeneration of injured skeletal muscle.
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The Weirdness of Our Dreams Could Explain Their Function, Suggests New Theory
A new theory that takes inspiration from artificial intelligence has suggested that the weirdness of dreams is essential to their purpose.
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Songbird Forebrain Circuits Mirror Those Seen in Mammals
Neuroscientists have examined neurons in a songbird's forebrain and have discovered a landscape of physiology, auditory coding and network roles that mirrored those in the brains of mammals.
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Zona Incerta Is Identified as the Site of Curiosity in the Brain
Researchers have discovered a new brain circuit underlying curiosity and novelty-seeking behavior.
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