Futurography Newsletter: Synthetic Biology and the Space Race – Slate Magazine (blog)
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Futurography Newsletter: Synthetic Biology and the Space Race
Slate Magazine (blog) This month, Futurography is focusing on synthetic biology, an emerging field that draws on engineering and computer science principles to reshape the basic stuff of life itself. It’s our final course for the current academic year, and we’re excited to … |
Medical News Today |
Can Stem Cell ‘Patch’ Help Heart Failure?
WebMD WEDNESDAY, April 5, 2017 (HealthDay News) — Scientists report another step in the use of stem cells to help treat people with debilitating heart failure. In an early study of 27 patients, Japanese researchers used patients’ own muscle stem cells to … Treating heart failure with muscle stem cell patchMedical News Today NHLBI stem cell consortium provides new insights into genetics of heart disease, other conditionsNational Institutes of Health (press release) AI predicts the layout of human stem cellsEngadget EurekAlert (press release) –Nature.com –The San Diego Union-Tribune all 61 news articles » |
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Health Highlights: April 6, 2017
U.S. News & World Report A stem cell treatment for autism shows promise, according to a new study, but the investigators and other experts emphasize that the therapy is still in the early stages and much more research is needed. The Duke University study included 25 children … |
FierceBiotech |
Nanoparticle-delivered combo boosts cancer immunotherapy
FierceBiotech Now University of North Carolina researchers have found that using nanoparticles can boost the efficacy of cancer immunotherapy treatments. Senior author Andrew Wang, M.D., likens checkpoint proteins to red traffic lights—they send signals to the … |