Researchers have newly discovered a surprising and potentially significant reason why eating foods frequently cooked at high temperatures, such as red meat and deep-fried fare, elevates cancer risk. The alleged culprit: DNA…
Combining bioprinting techniques to pursue functional blood vessels
Researchers from University Medical Center (UMC) Utrecht, Netherlands, for the first time successfully combined volumetric bioprinting with melt electrowriting. This combines the speed and cell-friendliness of volumetric printing with the structural strength…
Revealing How Blood Triggers Brain Disease
New research into how blood makes the brain’s immune cells toxic points to new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease and multiple sclerosis. In patients with neurological diseases like Alzheimer’s disease and multiple sclerosis,…
Donated kidneys from deceased COVID-19 patients are safe to transplant
According to a new study led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Kidneys from organ donors who were diagnosed with COVID-19 are safe to transplant and don’t…
New model offers a way to speed up drug discovery
Huge libraries of drug compounds may hold potential treatments for a variety of diseases, such as cancer or heart disease. Ideally, scientists would like to experimentally test each of these compounds against…