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How does cocaine rewire the brain?
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (255+ words) A study in mouse models demonstrates how cocaine alters hippocampal function, driving relapse, and identifies a possible therapeutic target. Researchers at Michigan State University (MI, USA), led by senior author A.J. Robison, have investigated how cocaine rewires the brain, illuminating why…...
Europa Biosite acquires Stratech Scientific, expanding their product offering and strengthening UK customer reach
1+ day, 5+ min ago (335+ words) Europa Biosite (Stockholm, Sweden), a leading pan-European life science distribution group, today announced the acquisition of Stratech Scientific Limited by its UK subsidiary, Cambridge Bioscience (both Cambridge, UK). Stratech Scientific is a well-respected and long-established UK life science distributor, known…...
Nanomedicine and Applications in Cancer: an authors' perspective
22+ hour, 21+ min ago (325+ words) Having worked closely together on nanoparticle design and ligand capping for several years, Imran Saleem, Professor in Nanomedicine at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU; UK), and Ahmed AH Abdellatif, Professor of Pharmaceutics (Qassim University, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia), have recently released…...
‘Magic mushroom’ derivative could heal without hallucinations, sparking hope for new therapies
23+ hour, 45+ min ago (298+ words) To try and circumvent this roadblock, the team engineered five fluorinated reversible N-alkyl carbamate derivatives of psilocin with limited hallucinogenic-like effects. By varying the number and positioning of fluorine atoms on the alkyl promoiety, they were able to alter carbamate…...
How does the body detect physical force?
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (522+ words) Original story from Scripps Research Institute (CA, USA). Scientists offer new insight into how the body detects light touch and how disruptions in that process may contribute to sensory disorders. Now, a new study from Scripps Research (CA, USA) helps…...
From sci-fi to reality: four futuristic advancements in biomaterials science
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (964+ words) Biomaterials entwine the power of nature with human ingenuity " and they're taking medicine by storm. Crucial to life science fields, including bioengineering and biotechnology, biomaterials can be natural or synthetic and are engineered to interact with living systems, often for…...
First evidence of cancers' unique nuclear metabolic fingerprints
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (594+ words) Original story from the Center for Genomic Regulation (Barcelona, Spain). The nucleus is crowded with metabolic enzymes, hinting at cancer growth strategies and explanations for drug resistance. More than 200 metabolic enzymes, many of which are normally tasked with producing energy…...
Cryo-EM reveals new aspects of CRISPR-Cas biology
1+ week, 3+ day ago (428+ words) A recent study utilizing cryo-EM advances our understanding of how bacterial immune systems function and reveals new aspects of CRISPR-Cas biology. Researchers at Vilnius University (Lithuania) have uncovered how the bacterial protein Cas9, better known as the CRISPR-Cas gene scissors, helps…...
Non-invasive brain mapping takes leap forward in large animal models
1+ week, 2+ day ago (488+ words) Original story from Rice University (TX, USA). Engineered proteins that can cross the blood'brain barrier represent a reliable and non-invasive way to map gene expression in the brains of large animals. Gene therapy has been successfully used to treat a…...
Industry leaders announce world's first microphysiological systems industry association
1+ week, 3+ day ago (601+ words) European microphysiological systems (MPS) industry leaders " Alveolix (Switzerland), BiomimX (Italy), Chiron (Netherlands), Dynamic42 (Germany), InSphero (Switzerland), MIMETAS (Netherlands), NETRI(France),React4Life(Italy) andTissUse (Germany) " have announced the creation of the Industry Alliance for Microphysiological Systems (IAMPS), the world's first industry association dedicated…...