Sai Reddy, PhD student from EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausunne) in Lausanne, Switzerland has won the KPMG Tomorrow’s Market award for a vaccination methodology he developed along with Professor Melody Swartz and Professor Jeff Hubbell. The vaccination uses nanoparticles ...
Combination Therapy Treatment Neutralizes HIV
European researchers have discovered that they can successfully neutralize the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). A study conducted by Professor Jens Lundgren and his colleagues from the EuroSIDA research group shows that a long term treatment of HIV-infected patients with the ...
Microrobots to Travel In Our Blood Vessels
Scientists from the Chonnam National University in Korea have developed a robot that is able to move inside blood vessels. The micro robot has many possible applications, such as performing tests and releasing drugs when hitting a blood clot. The ...
Microscopic ‘Hands’
Professor Chang-Jin Kim of the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has recently invented a microscopic “hand”. Thanks to its tiny 1-millimeter size, the microhand is capable of handling microscopic objects, making it a potentially invaluable tool ...
Bacteria Suicide Mechanism Might Lead to New Drugs
Researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem discovered a new bacterial communication factor that is associated with bacteria’s death. The intestinal bacteria E. coli activate a “suicide” system in response to stressful conditions and to the density of their population. ...
Cell Death Discovery to Help Spinal Cord Injuries
Researchers from the Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch, Germany in collaboration with researchers from the Aarhus University in Denmark have found a receptor responsible for inducing neuronal cell death caused by spinal cord injuries, strokes and aging. ...
Artificial Vascular System to Help Grow Tissues
Researchers from Cornell University have engineered micro-channels within a water-based gel that can act as a vascular system. The system can carry and deliver oxygen, sugar, proteins, and other growth factors to the growing tissue. The scientists designed the system ...
Don’t Sleep Too Much – It Might Kill You
Researchers report that sleep deprivation can double the chances of dying from a cardiovascular event. However, too much sleep appears to be even more dangerous for us, more than doubling the likelihood of dying from other causes. In a research ...
Jet Injections May Improve Skin Cancer Treatment
Scientists at Queen’s University in Belfast have developed a novel, more effective way to deliver drugs for the treatment of skin cancer. The scientists demonstrated that a needle-free jet injection of a drug used in the treatment of skin cancer ...
Bird Flu Vaccination Ready?
A European consortium has developed a vaccination against the avian H7N1 Influenza. The new vaccination achieved good results in clinical trials and has a high chance of being approved for clinical use. This new vaccine can save human and animal ...