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Phys.org / Exosome therapy offers a promising new approach to sensorineural hearing loss
Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) is the most prevalent form of permanent hearing loss, affecting over 6% of the global population, according to the World Health Organization. It results from damage to sensory hair cells ...
Phys.org / Barcodes uncover early blueprints of our cellular origins
A study by WEHI scientists has shed new light on one of the most fundamental mysteries of biology: how cells divide and grow into the complex structures that make up our bodies.
Medical Xpress / Monitoring bone healing without X-ray radiation: A new approach lights the way
A medical research team at Saarland University, led by Professor Bergita Ganse, has discovered a new approach to monitoring bone fracture healing by measuring blood supply to the tissue at the fracture site and the level ...
Phys.org / Collagen-based method overcomes previous problems to advance tissue engineering and bioprinting
A team of biomedical researchers led by Michael Mak, Ph.D., in the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, has developed a new method of bioprinting physiological materials. Called TRACE (Tunable Rapid Assembly ...
Medical Xpress / Bone structure model reveals optimal position for screws in fractures
Metal screws are indispensable in bone surgery, but they can fail under everyday stress and complications can occur when screws loosen or even break. Until now, it has been difficult to accurately predict this risk because ...
Medical Xpress / Nerve cells can detect fat tissue pressure—blocking this ability prevents obesity and metabolic disease in mice
Popular belief holds that our senses gather information only about the external world, but many of our sensory systems also monitor our internal environment, enabling the body to regulate its own functions. In a new study ...
Medical Xpress / Combining stem cell engineering and drug therapy to suppress abnormal bone formation
A research team led by Associate Professor Makoto Ikeya in the Department of Clinical Application at Kyoto University has developed a promising new therapeutic strategy for fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP)—a ...
Phys.org / The world's best-preserved fossils are right outside Chicago: But there are no dinosaur bones at Mazon Creek
Sixty-five miles southwest of Chicago, a small hill that looks like a prop from an Indiana Jones movie breaks up the flat, monotone landscape. Consisting of shale, sandstone and rocks from an old coal mine, the waste pile—located ...
Medical Xpress / 3D-printed device enables precise modeling of complex human tissues in the lab
A new, easily adopted, 3D-printed device will enable scientists to create models of human tissue with even greater control and complexity. An interdisciplinary group of researchers at the University of Washington and UW Medicine ...
Medical Xpress / Vascularized stem cell islet organoids offer improved model for diabetes research
Researchers led by Maike Sander, scientific director of the Max Delbrück Center, have developed a vascularized organoid model of hormone-secreting cells in the pancreas. The advance, published in Developmental Cell, promises ...
Medical Xpress / Positive proof-of-concept experiments may lead to the world's first treatment for celiac disease
An investigational treatment for celiac disease effectively controls the condition—at least in an animal model—in a first-of-its-kind therapeutic for a condition that affects approximately 70 million people worldwide.
Phys.org / 3D-printing method enables fabrication of collagen tissue oriented in multiple directions
Collagen, a prevalent and predominant part of the structure of bodies, still has some mystique surrounding the finer aspects of its existence. In a new study, researchers look into the mechanism of orientation within collagen ...
