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This Is What A Virus Infecting A Cell Looks Like
This isn’t a cartoon tree or some strange piece of modern art. It’s what researchers from the University of Texas at Austin saw when they managed to observe a virus in the act of penetrating a cell.
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Cyborg Tissue Acts As Smart Scaffolding At Cellular Level
A team at Harvard University has developed a cyborg tissue material that is a literal mesh of nanoscale electronics and cells, able to support cell growth while at the same time monitoring biological activities at the cellular level.
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Scientists Use Skin To Replace Brain Cells Destroyed By Parkinson’s Disease
Parkinson’s disease is an incurable degenerative disorder of the central nervous system. But now a team of scientists from Johns Hopkins has grown the brain cells, which are usually destroyed by the disease from skin stem cells, and they’re confident it will help them develop new treatments.
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This Gross Thing Could Be The Key To A New Technological Future
Look at this thing. It looks like something you would find in a clogged drain after not cleaning it for a decade. But as gross as it looks, it may be the key to our technological future.