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Microscopic Robots Deliver Drugs to the Brain
Researchers turned white blood cells called neutrophils into drug-smuggling “neutrobots,” which penetrated the blood-brain barrier to treat brain cancer in mice.
Microscopic Robots Deliver Drugs to the Brain
Microscopic Robots Deliver Drugs to the Brain

Researchers turned white blood cells called neutrophils into drug-smuggling “neutrobots,” which penetrated the blood-brain barrier to treat brain cancer in mice.

Researchers turned white blood cells called neutrophils into drug-smuggling “neutrobots,” which penetrated the blood-brain barrier to treat brain cancer in mice.

mice, cell & molecular biology

Lab-Grown Mouse Embryos Form Limbs and Organs
Lisa Winter | Mar 19, 2021 | 3 min read
The embryos completed one-third of their total gestation outside of a uterus.
early-life stress, histone, chromatin, epigenetics, epigenetic modification, methylation, DNA, protein, stress, adversity, mice, genetics, genomics
Early-Life Stress Exerts Long-Lasting Effects Via Epigenome
Asher Jones | Mar 18, 2021 | 5 min read
In mice, epigenetic marks made on histones during infancy influence depression-like behavior during adulthood. A drug that reverses the genomic tags appears to undo the damage.
schwann cells
Special Schwann Cells in Mice Play Unsung Role in Pain
Nicoletta Lanese | Aug 16, 2019 | 2 min read
The glia seem to make up part of a newly described sensory organ, the discoverers suggest.
Ribosomal DNA Can Predict an Animal’s Age
Abby Olena, PhD | Feb 14, 2019 | 3 min read
A clock constructed of rDNA methylation sites can estimate both chronological and biological age across species.
Image of the Day: Revved Up
Sukanya Charuchandra | Aug 16, 2018 | 1 min read
Progesterone helps in the transportation of eggs within the mouse reproductive system.
New Lung Cell Identified
Abby Olena, PhD | Aug 1, 2018 | 4 min read
The cell type was discovered via single-cell RNA sequencing of thousands of cells in mouse and human airways and may play a role in cystic fibrosis.
Promiscuous Mice Have Extra-Fast Sperm
Jef Akst | Oct 18, 2016 | 1 min read
The tails of polygamous deer mice sperm have longer midsections than the sperm tails of monogamous individuals of a similar species, and this correlates with improved swimming and competitive ability.
Blood Protein Rejuvenates Aging Heart
Dan Cossins | May 10, 2013 | 2 min read
A molecule found only in the blood of young mice dramatically reverses thickening and stiffening of the heart muscle in old mice.
Deaf Mice Hear Again
Dan Cossins | Jan 10, 2013 | 2 min read
A drug applied to the ears of deaf mice has prompted the regrowth of noise-damaged hair cells and resulted in slight improvements in the animals’ hearing.
Sex, Deconstructed
Megan Scudellari | Feb 2, 2012 | 3 min read
Hormones in the brain control sex-specific behaviors by activating individual genetic programs.
Animal Experiments Increase in the UK
Megan Scudellari | Jul 14, 2011 | 1 min read
The hike is attributed to expanded use of genetically modified and mutant animals.
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