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Study reveals how neurons from PTSD patients react to stress
The study could provide insights into how genetics can make someone more susceptible to developing PTSD following trauma exposure. [ + ]
The ethical challenges of working with human blastoids
Bioethicists say that research on human blastoids is ethically fraught, due to differing beliefs on whether the blastoid possesses sentience or has the potential to do so. [ + ]
Holographic microscope can see through the skull, image the brain
The microscope is reportedly capable of seeing through the intact skull and enabling high-resolution 3D imaging of the neural network within a living mouse brain. [ + ]
Human brain cells in a dish taught to play 'Pong'
A Melbourne-led team has shown that 800,000 brain cells living in a dish can perform goal-directed tasks — in this case, the simple tennis-like computer game 'Pong'. [ + ]
How labs and vendors can work together to improve reproducibility
Across scientific disciplines, many researchers are experiencing difficulty when trying to replicate previously observed experimental results. [ + ]
Some progress for women in STEM but more effort needed
The 2022 STEM Equity Monitor shows that women as a proportion of all people working in STEM-qualified jobs grew by two percentage points to 15% in 2021. [ + ]
It is time to start the renaissance of aptamers
Macugen was the first RNA biotherapeutic approved by the US FDA in 2004, but did you know this is a pegylated RNA-modified aptamer? [ + ]
Laboratory scales: which type of display screen is right for me?
How important is the type of display for a weighing device? This article looks at some of the most common ones. [ + ]
Down to a science: right-sizing, wellness and flexibility in lab design
According to Senior Laboratory Planner Amy Papas, labs are among the most programmatically complex environments to plan, design and engineer. [ + ]
CRISPR used to mimic disease, advancing cancer research
The technology can activate any gene — including those that have been silenced — allowing new drug targets and causes of drug resistance to be further explored. [ + ]
Smart contact lenses enable cancer diagnostics, screening
The contact lens can capture and detect exosomes — nanometre-sized vesicles found in bodily secretions which have potential as diagnostic cancer biomarkers. [ + ]
NASA successfully deflects asteroid in planetary defence test
NASA has succeeded in its first attempt to intentionally collide with an asteroid in space in order to deflect it — a technique known as kinetic impact. [ + ]
Deadly brain tumours can be starved of their energy source
Looking to tackle highly lethal glioblastoma from a new angle, researchers chose to focus on the tissue that surrounds the tumour cells, rather than the tumour itself. [ + ]
Antibodies from former COVID patients neutralise Delta, Omicron
Antibodies isolated from the immune system of recovered COVID-19 patients are effective in neutralising all known strains of the virus, including Delta and Omicron. [ + ]
Bacteria previously thought harmless can worsen lung disease
Neisseria — a bacteria that lives in the human body — is not as harmless as previously thought, and can cause infection in patients with bronchiectasis, asthma and COPD. [ + ]
