Researchers develop a new way to safely boost immune cells to fight cancer

Last year alone, more than 600,000 people in the United States died from cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. The relentless pursuit of understanding this complex disease has shaped ... Read More

Are these newly found rare cells a missing link in color perception?

Using adaptive optics, scientists have identified elusive retinal ganglion cells in the eye's fovea that could explain how humans see red, green, blue, and yellow. Read More

Cells engineered to produce immune-boosting amino acids in prizewinning research

Bacterial proteins often play a successful hide and seek game with the body’s immune system, making it difficult to combat the bacteria that cause diseases like staph infections.   Now, biomolecular ... Read More

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Connecting lab-grown brain cells provides insight into how our own brains work

Researchers from the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, have developed a technique to connect lab-grown neural ‘organoids’ (three-dimensional developmental brain-like structures ... Read More

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This Startup Wants To Be OpenAI Of Stem Cell Therapy, Targets $250B Market

Somite.ai aims to improve the lives of millions of people by leveraging AI to produce human tissue for cell therapies. Read More

American science association honors Iowa State innovators for advancing science

The American Association for the Advancement of Science is honoring five Iowa State University researchers for “their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science." Two of the ... Read More

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The Materials Science and Engineering ... which is engaged in a new Carbon Engineering Initiative and has a well-developed Center for Photoconversion and Catalysis, with an emphasis on solar energy, ... Read More

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