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Scientists Find a Surprising Way to Transform A and B Blood Types Into Universal Blood
Blood transfusions save lives. In the US alone, people receive around 10 million units each year. But blood banks are always short in supply—especially...
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Cell Therapy Takes Aim at Deadly Brain Tumors in Two Clinical Trials
When my uncle was diagnosed with glioblastoma, I knew he was on borrowed time.The deadliest form of brain cancer, it rapidly spreads through the...
This AI Can Design the Machinery of Life With Atomic Precision
Proteins are social creatures. They’re also chameleons. Depending on a cell’s needs, they rapidly transform in structure and grab onto other biomolecules in an...
Ultrasensitive microfluidic chip helps predict whether lung cancer treatment is working – Physics World
<a href="https://platoblockchain.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ultrasensitive-microfluidic-chip-helps-predict-whether-lung-cancer-treatment-is-working-physics-world-2.jpg" data-fancybox data-src="https://platoblockchain.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ultrasensitive-microfluidic-chip-helps-predict-whether-lung-cancer-treatment-is-working-physics-world-2.jpg" data-caption="Predicting cancer progression Shruti Jolly (left) delivers a patient blood sample to Sunitha Nagrath (right) to analyse. Their recent study...
FLASH irradiation spares immune cells during proton therapy – Physics World
<a data-fancybox data-src="https://platoblockchain.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/flash-irradiation-spares-immune-cells-during-proton-therapy-physics-world.jpg" data-caption="Modelling blood flow in the brain The spatiotemporal propagation of blood (violet) through the vessels (yellow) in the...
Macrophage-adhering micropatches enable MRI to detect brain inflammation – Physics World
<a data-fancybox data-src="https://platoblockchain.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/macrophage-adhering-micropatches-enable-mri-to-detect-brain-inflammation-physics-world.jpg" data-caption="Comparing the contrast Representative MRI maps of control pigs and pigs with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) injected...
CRISPR Gene Editing Had a Breakthrough Year—and It’s Only Getting Started
CRISPR ended 2023 with a bang.In November, the gene editing tool scored its first clinical approval for treating sickle cell anemia and beta-thalassemia in...
This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through December 9)
Google’s Gemini Is the Real Start of the Generative AI BoomWill Knight | Wired“ was predictably effusive about Gemini, claiming it introduces new capabilities...
Modelling a single cancer cell in a sea of blood – Physics World
The SC23 conference, held earlier this month, broke previous audience records with over 14,000 attendees heading to Denver, CO, to find...
‘Breakthrough’ CRISPR Treatment Slashes Cholesterol in First Human Clinical Trial
CRISPR-based therapies just hit another milestone.In a small clinical trial with 10 people genetically prone to dangerously high levels of cholesterol, a single infusion...
Wearable optical device could detect postpartum haemorrhage – Physics World
A new wearable imaging device that monitors changes in blood flow in a patient’s hands,...
How an Algorithm Could Help Improve Blood Transfusions
A blood transfusion involves donating, collecting, storing, testing and delivering blood to a person in need. Transfusions save countless lives yearly, and improving the...
Plug me in: the physics of brain–computer interfaces – Physics World
Sidney Perkowitz delves into the cutting-edge work being done to make brain–computer interfaces safer, more durable and widely available ...
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