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Fighting hair loss with microneedles
Targeted drug delivery using microneedle patches could help treat alopecia areata.
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Watching an infection unfold with a sphingolipid probe
Watching an infection unfold with a sphingolipid probe
Scientists developed an unprecedented chemical tool to visualize sphingomyelin and sphingomyelinase activity during a chlamydia infection.
Breast tumors may mimic neurons to invade the brain
Breast tumors may mimic neurons to invade the brain
Breast cancer cells can pass through the bone marrow to reach the tissues surrounding the brain and spinal cord in mice — a new way for cancer to spread.
Sensitizing pancreatic cancer to immunotherapy
Sensitizing pancreatic cancer to immunotherapy
A new mouse study suggests that folinic acid treatment could help the immune system penetrate pancreatic cancer’s protective shell.
Potential treatment for bone loss tested on space-traveling mice
Potential treatment for bone loss tested on space-traveling mice
Researchers used a new molecule to prevent spaceflight-induced bone loss in mice on the International Space Station.
Modeling the female reproductive system using chips
Modeling the female reproductive system using chips
Organ-on-a-chip technology can replicate the cervix microenvironment in bacterial vaginosis.
Lighting the way to pain relief
Lighting the way to pain relief
Rodent studies and clinical trials increasingly demonstrate the soothing effects of green light, and now, researchers are revealing the underlying neural mechanisms.
