Less-invasive mastectomy safe for more breast cancer patients

A less-invasive mastectomy that leaves the surface of the breast intact has become a safe option…

Synthetic biology used to target cancer cells while sparing healthy tissue

Synthetic proteins engineered to recognize overly active biological pathways can kill cancer cells while sparing their…

Putting vision models to the test

Neuroscientists have performed the most rigorous testing yet of computational models that mimic the brain's visual…

New chemical probe for visualizing brain immune cells

Researchers have, for the first time, developed a chemical probe that enables live-imaging of a type…

Embryo stem cells created from skin cells

Researchers have found a way to transform skin cells into the three major stem cell types…

Researchers investigate differences in coatings of drug-coated balloon catheters

Drug-coated balloon catheters to open narrowed blood vessels and to deliver drugs to the impacted sites…

Knit 1, purl 2: Assembly instructions for a robot?

Researchers have used computationally controlled knitting machines to create plush toys and other knitted objects that…

Tapping fresh water under the ocean has consequences

While offshore groundwater resources could be used for drinking, agriculture and oil recovery, new research suggests…

Young frogs that were stressed as tadpoles move less on land, putting their survival at risk

New research shows that juvenile northern red-legged frogs that have experienced climate-related stress as tadpoles are…

Opportunistic cancer cells ‘slip through the gaps’ to spread through blood vessels

Cancer cells may rely on opportunism, as well as chemical signalling, to spread through the body,…