Lab notes: Injectable gel can deliver insulin-producing islet cells to treat Type 1 diabetes

The gel-based delivery system has been tested successfully in rats and could be a cost effective option for diabetes treatment.

Ratneshwar Thakur

· Oct 23, 2018 · 05:30 am

Lab notes: Scientists track how head and neck muscles form during embryonic development

This mechanism may hold clues to muscular dystrophy and its treatment.

Ratneshwar Thakur

· Oct 04, 2018 · 05:30 pm

Lab notes: Only optimal levels of a cell division protein allows the tuberculosis pathogen to grow

Both increasing and decreasing amounts of this protein in Mycobacterium tuberculosis hampers its growth and division

Ratneshwar Thakur

· Aug 31, 2018 · 05:30 am

Lab notes: Scientists track cancer risk associated with epigenetic changes during aging

The study can help explore strategies for determining age-associated risk of tumour development, researchers say.

Ratneshwar Thakur

· Apr 13, 2018 · 05:30 am

Lab notes: Scientists use silk polymer to develop artificial vertebral disc

The artificial disc mimics the internal intricacy and mechanical properties of a human disc.

Ratneshwar Thakur

· Feb 02, 2018 · 05:30 pm

Lab notes: Scientists find genetic switch that decides fate of embryonic stem cells

This knowledge may help design methods to repair or regenerate damaged tissues such as in patients with spinal cord injuries.

Ratneshwar Thakur

· Jan 05, 2018 · 05:30 am

Lab notes: Cells have a positioning system that helps maintain health and hold clues to disease

Proteins maintain their locations within cells and in the absence of such localisation, protein function is compromised.

Ratneshwar Thakur

· Dec 18, 2017 · 05:30 am

Lab notes: A new method to clear harmful bacteria from medical equipment

Scientists have developed a new class of surfactants to disrupt microbial assemblies.

Ratneshwar Thakur

· Nov 17, 2017 · 05:30 am

Lab notes: Scientists decipher how Salmonella survives in human cells

The pathogen that causes typhoid and gastroenteritis created a membrane network to throw bacteria-killing enzymes out of a cell.

Ratneshwar Thakur

· Nov 10, 2017 · 05:30 am

Lab notes: Stem cell discovery in fruit flies may help understand muscle disorders in humans

Researchers have found the mechanism by which fruit fly muscles recover very quickly after damage.

Ratneshwar Thakur

· Oct 30, 2017 · 05:30 pm

Lab notes: Using radiation and magnetic fields to controlled nanoparticle drug delivery

The system can be used to deliver a drug on demand for longer periods of time.

Ratneshwar Thakur

· Oct 17, 2017 · 05:30 am

Lab notes: Epigenetic manipulation of an energy pathway gene may stop spread of breast cancer

Epigenetic manipulation involves adding methyl groups to stretches of DNA to suppress genes.

Ratneshwar Thakur

· Oct 16, 2017 · 05:30 am