Could these tiny organs save millions of lives?

If you're a woman newly diagnosed with breast cancer, treatment can feel ... well, scary. Will chemotherapy work? Or will it ...

Canadian creates nanotech to make head transplants less risky

The closer we get to the end the year, the closer we get to the ground-breaking, if not science-fiction-sounding, head transplant surgery slated to take place in 2017. That is when the Italian surgeon ...
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New diabetes treatment may replace insulin injections with sweet treat

A new oral insulin embedded in sugar-free chocolate uses nano-carriers to target the liver, cutting hypoglycemia risk. The ...

Nanozymes map nanoparticle routes inside live cells without genetic engineering

Nanoparticles are widely used in medicine to deliver drugs, genes or imaging agents to specific parts of the body. Once a ...

How many microplastic particles are really in our bodies?

Debates over the presence of microplastics in the human body highlight the challenge of studying something simultaneously ...

Scientists teach human cells to compute like tiny computers

Researchers have developed a way to program human cells to perform calculations and make autonomous decisions, similar to how ...