Your Eyes May Reveal Your Alzheimer’s Disease Risk
Protein deposits in retina and brain appear to parallel possible neurodegeneration, an insight that might lead to easier, quicker detection. Amyloid plaques are protein deposits…
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Protein deposits in retina and brain appear to parallel possible neurodegeneration, an insight that might lead to easier, quicker detection. Amyloid plaques are protein deposits…
Pandemic lockdown forces a new perspective on designs for futuristic AI-based computing devices. Isaac Newton’s groundbreaking scientific productivity while isolated from the spread of bubonic…
CRISPR-based system developed to safely restrain mosquito vectors via sterilization. Leveraging advancements in CRISPR-based genetic engineering, researchers at the University of California San Diego have…
Thin, Large-Area Device Converts Infrared Light Into Images Seeing through smog and fog. Mapping out a person’s blood vessels while monitoring heart rate at the…
These Fridge-Free COVID Vaccines Are Grown in Plants and Bacteria Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed COVID-19 vaccine candidates that can…
Conventional wisdom on viral disease transmission needs revision, international science team finds. SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind today’s global coronavirus pandemic, spreads primarily by inhalation of…
Supercomputing-derived movies reveal details of deceptive sugar coating on spike protein, presenting new possibilities to block cell entry and infection. Since the early days of…
Part of the university’s Return to Learn program, wastewater screening helped prevent outbreaks by detecting 85 percent of cases early, allowing for timely testing, contact…
I was looking at the seafloor, focused on identifying fish species as I normally did when diving off of the California coast, when suddenly I…
Neuroscientists show that mice can learn to manipulate random dopamine impulses for reward. From the thrill of hearing an ice cream truck approaching to the…
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine have produced a stem cell model that demonstrates…
Genetics toolkit targets less researched Culex mosquitoes, which transmit West Nile virus and avian malaria. Since the onset of the CRISPR genetic editing revolution, scientists…
A new wearable device turns the touch of a finger into a source of power for small electronics and sensors. Engineers at the University of…
Scientists Develop the First CRISPR/Cas9-Based Gene Drive in Plants New technology designed to breed more robust crops to improve agricultural yield and resist the effects…
Studies using human cell lines and tumors grown in mice provide early evidence that inhibiting RNA-binding proteins, a previously overlooked family of molecules, might provide…
Detailed observations enable better understanding of future ice shelf stability. A global team of scientists including several from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University…
A hydrogel that forms a barrier to keep heart tissue from adhering to surrounding tissue after surgery was developed and successfully tested in rodents by…
Gene expression patterns associated with pandemic viral infections provide a map to help define patients’ immune responses, measure disease severity, predict outcomes and test therapies…