Neuroscience

Brain movement measured for clues to prevent, reduce injury

When the human head experiences any kind of movement—from nodding yes or no to heading a soccer ball or being jolted in a car crash—the brain moves inside the skull, leading to deformation of the tissue. Such deformations ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Real-time, ultra-sensitive biosensors to improve pathogen detection

For COVID-19 and many common respiratory viruses, rapid tests and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests are available and regularly used to detect and diagnose. However, because of the nature of these tests, they are costly ...

Oncology & Cancer

Uncovering why some cells become resistant to anti-cancer therapies

A research team led by Northwestern University and the University of Pennsylvania scientists has created a new synthetic biology approach, a "QR code for cancer cells," to follow tumor cells over time, finding there are meaningful ...

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