Researchers Can Now Mind-Control Mice Using Optogenetics
Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology recently created cyborg mice that obeyed the instructions of their human overlords, ignoring sex and food cravings entirely, to make it...
A Tiny Tooth-Mounted Sensor Can Now Track Your Diet
Scientists at Tufts University have created a small wearable sensor that can stick to your tooth and transmit what you eat. They’ve engineered a tooth-mounted sensor that tracks your every bite (and what...
Scientists Create 3D Printed Microneedles That Can Dissolve and Deliver Drugs
No one likes getting injections (apart from drug addicts maybe?). Well, research from the University of Texas at Dallas, US, may be able to provide a painless alternative. The research team...
What Is “Superblood,” and Is It Available Now?
Much like doctors using modified T-cells from patients’ immune systems to combat cancer, biotech startup Rubius Therapeutics is aiming to develop focused disease therapy utilizing red blood cells. Business Insider reports that...
Chinese Doctors Are Utilizing Modified T-Cells to Treat Advanced Types of Cancer
According to the China’s National Central Cancer Registry, Esophageal cancer is amongst the most common forms of cancer in China. Like many different types, cancer of the esophagus may be treated...
Refurbishing Organs Might Save Millions of People
Organ transplantation is a miracle of modern science. However, it has one big pipeline problem: roughly 20 people die every day in the United States alone while waiting for an organ...
Biology of hormone-sensitive breast cancer in men mapped
Most tumors in men barely differ biologically from those in women. But in tumors that react badly to anti-hormonal treatment, the researchers saw subtle differences between the two sexes. These new...
Personalized Cancer Treatment 2.0: New Combination Strategy Developed
Tumors often comprise groups of cancer cells that show differential drug sensitivities. This is one of the reasons that initially effective treatments usually do not lead to a long-term benefit in...
Latest Technologies That Will Help The Life Science Industry
Life sciences is an important field that overlaps medicine, technology, and science in an effort to understand more about our world. As the human race progresses, and more technological advancements are...
How to Do Things with Feelings: What Is Emotion Regulation and How to Master...
The ability to control one’s emotions is one that we all yearn for at one point or another. Falling prey to unpleasant and overwhelming feelings like anger or insecurity is a...
