Magnetic Microrobots Deliver Cells Into Living Animals
Sukanya Charuchandra | Jun 27, 2018
The miniscule carriers successfully transported and released live cells at a particular location within living mice.
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Opinion: Deductive Science Is Needed for Public Health
Opinion: Deductive Science Is Needed for Public Health
Big data and empirical approaches to understanding diseases provide a limited picture of pathogenesis.
Big data and empirical approaches to understanding diseases provide a limited picture of pathogenesis.
Image of the Day: Throw the Switch
Sukanya Charuchandra | Jun 27, 2018
A computer model of the eye can predict the consequences of altering the neural pathways of vision.
Artificial Intelligence to Boost Liquid Biopsies
Claire Asher | Jun 26, 2018
Machine-learning algorithms tuned to detecting cancer DNA in the blood could pave the way for personalized cancer care.
Opinion: Rise of the Robot Radiologists
Mutaz Musa | Jun 25, 2018
The first wave of AI-driven job loss among doctors will be in the field of radiology and is poised to force a paradigm shift in medical imaging.
Image of the Day: Remodeled
Sukanya Charuchandra | Jun 25, 2018
Researchers use CRISPR-Cas9 to create transgenic Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus, a cnidarian, for the first time.
Novel Method Could Accelerate DNA Synthesis
Sukanya Charuchandra | Jun 19, 2018
The new technique uses an enzyme found in vertebrate immune systems to attach nucleotides to a growing strand.
Image of the Day: Bend and Stretch
Sukanya Charuchandra | Jun 15, 2018
Circuits made from a novel material are more flexible than ever before.
CRISPR Efficiency Tied to Cancer-Causing Process
Kerry Grens | Jun 11, 2018
Two studies find the genome-editing technique works best when cells have a faulty DNA-damage response that’s frequently present in cancers.
Researchers React to Microsoft’s Acquisition of GitHub
Anna Azvolinsky | Jun 7, 2018
Computational biologists are optimistic that the purchase of the world’s largest hub for open-source computer code will not affect the way they use GitHub for science.