Cardiology
Cardiovascular disease could be diagnosed earlier with new glowing probe
Researchers have created a probe that glows when it detects an enzyme associated with issues that can lead to blood clots and strokes.
May 5, 2021
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Neuroscience
Neural implant monitors multiple brain areas at once, provides new neuroscience insights
How do different parts of the brain communicate with each other during learning and memory formation? A new study by researchers at the University of California San Diego takes a first step at answering this fundamental neuroscience ...
Apr 27, 2021
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Neuroscience
Latest Neuropixels probes can track neurons over weeks
A new generation of miniature recording probes can track the same neurons inside tiny mouse brains over weeks—and even months.
Apr 15, 2021
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Neuroscience
Probe detects the destruction of defective mitochondria
A versatile probe that can detect with pinpoint accuracy the programmed destruction of defective mitochondria—the powerhouses of cells—has been developed by RIKEN researchers. They used it to show that damaged mitochondria ...
Aug 14, 2020
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Neuroscience
Improved neural probe can pose precise questions without losing parts of the answers
A technique for studying individual circuits in the brains of mice has been hampered because the light needed to stimulate neural activity briefly overwhelms the electrodes "listening" for the response. Now, improved shielding ...
May 1, 2020
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Medical research
Tracking titin in real time
Using new high-resolution imaging techniques, MDC researchers and colleagues have tracked titin, the body's largest protein, in real time throughout its entire lifecycle. The method and results could provide new insight into ...
Dec 13, 2019
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Neuroscience
Novel nanoprobes show promise for optical monitoring of neural activity
Researchers at UC Santa Cruz have developed ultrasensitive nanoscale optical probes to monitor the bioelectric activity of neurons and other excitable cells. This novel readout technology could enable scientists to study ...
Oct 18, 2019
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Neuroscience
Study shows thousands of neurons becoming active during thirst and quench cycle
A team of researchers with Stanford University and Howard Hughes Medical Institute has used a new tool to record activation of thousands of neurons due to thirst and quenching in a mouse brain. In their paper published in ...
Medical research
A ratiometric fluorescent probe for cisplatin
NUS chemists have developed a novel ratiometric fluorescent probe for studying cellular activity of the clinically important anticancer drug cisplatin for next generation drug development.
Feb 19, 2019
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HIV & AIDS
HIV hidden in patients' cells can now be accurately measured
Researchers can now quickly and accurately count a hidden, inactive form of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that lurks in patients' cells. This version of HIV embeds into cells' genomes and can persist despite otherwise ...
Jan 30, 2019
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