There is an urgent need for better methods to treat bacterial infection in the race between developing new antibiotics and the emergence of drug-resistant bacteria.
Bio & Medicine
Jun 5, 2018
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Nicolas Pavillon (Assistant Professor), Nicholas I. Smith (Associate Professor, Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University) and collaborators developed a label-free multimodal microscopy platform that allows the ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 8, 2018
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A team of researchers at the University of California San Diego has developed macrophage "nanosponges" that can safely absorb and remove molecules from the bloodstream that are known to trigger sepsis. These macrophage nanosponges, ...
Bio & Medicine
Jan 4, 2018
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The use of nanoparticles—small, virus-sized elements developed under laboratory conditions—is increasingly widespread in the world of biomedicine. This rapidly-evolving technology offers hope for many medical applications, ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 3, 2017
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Technological advances are making the analysis of single bacterial infected human cells feasible, Würzburg researchers have used this technology to provide new insight into the Salmonella infection process. The study has ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 18, 2016
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One of the major obstacles with treating cancer is that tumors can conscript the body's immune cells and make them work for them. Researchers at EPFL have now found a way to reclaim the corrupted immune cells, turn them into ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 13, 2016
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What happens when macrophage immune cells are activated in the course of an inflammation to combat pathogens such as bacteria or viruses? Researchers of the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) of the University ...
Biochemistry
Mar 17, 2016
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Bacteria have evolved thousands of clever tactics for invading our bodies while evading our natural defenses. Now, UNC School of Medicine scientists studying one of the world's most virulent pathogens and a separate very ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 16, 2016
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When our organs age or wear out, their renewal usually depends on a few stem cells in the tissue, because the vast majority of differentiated cells have lost their ability to divide and generate new cells. A German-French ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 21, 2016
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Scientists have shown that a process known as oxidative stress is at work during encounters between certain nanoparticles and immune cells, selectively modifying proteins on macrophages, a type of immune cell. The findings, ...
Bio & Medicine
Jan 14, 2016
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