This rise in the elderly population brings forward the concept of healthy aging and encourages scientists to conduct extensive research in cellular reprogramming.
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Tumor-Targeting “Polywraplex” for siRNA Delivery [Video]
Tuo Jin and colleagues from Shanghai Jiao Tong University synthesize a synthetic carrier system for small interfering RNA (siRNA) with customizable size, pH-responsive degradability, and optimized surface population of cell-targeting agent.
Scarless Wound Healing
By understanding the principles of scarless healing in a fetus, perhaps we could achieve scarless healing in mature, born humans.
Immunoengineering with Biomaterials for Enhanced Cancer Immunotherapy
Biomaterials are engineered to improve the safety and efficacy of current cancer immunotherapies.
Blood Group Antigens Affect the Brain-Gut-Microbiota Axis
Human microbiota, blood group antigens, and disease, a look at the ways that microbiota interact with the human body.
MicroRNAs and RNA Editing: Roles in Cancer Initiation and Progression
A study on the mechanisms and effects of RNA and microRNA editing on the initiation and progression of cancer.
Self-Folding Shells: A 3D Recording Device for Single Live Cells
Using residual stress-based self-folding, a multielectrode shell wraps around primary heart cells and functions as an electrical shell-like recording device
Engineering Functional Cardiac Tissue
Researchers investigated whether a spider silk protein developed in the laboratory could be suitable for engineering cardiac tissue.
Tackling Diabetes: Toward Bifunctional Glucose and Dopamine Sensors with Plasma
A plasma-treated polyethylene is used as as an affordable and easy mediator to produce enzymatic glucose sensors that could be used for diabetic patients.
Structural Insights of Glycogen Metabolism in Exercise and Health
An integrative approach of modeling and hydrogen-deuterium exchange helps to describe the enzyme that regulates glycogen levels in muscles and liver.
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