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A fabric-based pressure sensor created using triboelectric materials and embroidery.

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High magnification micrograph of microglia cells stained with Rio-Hortega's method (silver carbonate). This type is the ramified or resting microglia that appears in normal brain tissue.

Mobilizing Microglia in the Fight Against Alzheimer’s Disease

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Scientists Create Artificial Human Prion Protein

Researchers have synthesized the first artificial human prion

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Alzheimer's Breakthrough: Tau accumulation activates transposable elements, cell death

New evidence suggests a mechanism by which progressive accumulation of Tau protein in brain cells may lead to Alzheimer’s disease

Combating Cancer: Microbubbles Cut Off Blood Supply and Help Deliver Drugs

The use of various techniques to cut off the blood vessels that feed tissue growth -- has gained traction over the past few decades to treat cancerous tumors. Recently, scientists have explored gas embolotherapy as a method of starving tumours of their blood supply.

Computer Simulations Identify Key to Diabetes Drug Alternatives

Scientists have discovered a chemical compound that could lower sugar levels as effectively as the diabetes drug metformin but with a lower dose.

Stunting Cell ‘Antennae’ Could Make Cancers More Sensitive to Drugs

Scientists have uncovered a completely new way to make cancers sensitive to treatment – by targeting antenna-like structures on cells.

New Tool Enables Big-scale Analysis of Single Cells

Resarchers analyzed 1.3 million cells and unraveled an unprecedented heterogeneity in rare cell populations during mouse brain development.

A Step Closer to a DNA Test for Liver Cancer

A group of researchers from Mayo Clinic and Exact Sciences Corporation have completed a phase II study comparing a set of DNA markers to alpha fetoprotein as a method to test for liver cancer.

Chemoradiotherapy Before Surgery Could Extend Lives of Pancreatic Cancer Patients

Pancreatic cancer patients treated with chemotherapy and radiotherapy before surgery may live longer than those who have immediate surgery, according to unpublished clinical trial results.

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Perk-Up Team Performance With Coffee

Study Suggests good teamwork begins with a cup of coffee for everyone

"I Know What I Just Saw": Researchers uncover why you are confident in your visual perception

Researchers uncover a mechanism that helps create a simple visual awareness.

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