The Obesity-Infection Connection

The Obesity-Infection Connection

Bacteria in our guts complete this triangle   14.05.2018 Proteins involved in the intestinal barrier of the mouse colon (E-cadherein in green) Obesity and diabetes continue to top the charts of current health threats. More than two billion people are affected...
Take Organic Dye, Add Carbon Nanotubes, Stir

Take Organic Dye, Add Carbon Nanotubes, Stir

A simple method of producing conductive nanomaterials may have uses from spacesuits to optoelectronics 07.05.2018   Hybrid nanocomposite viewed with an electron microscope: Carbon nanotubes (thin threads), separated from one another, coil around rod-like organic...
The Smallest Nose Glows

The Smallest Nose Glows

Made of a single molecule, the tiny artificial sensor might be able to “smell out” disease within living cells 23.04.2018 Reporting on multiple molecules at once could create a “fingerprint” for unique conditions inside living cells The smallest nose yet...
“Lord of the Rings” Protein Jump-Starts Nerve Repair

“Lord of the Rings” Protein Jump-Starts Nerve Repair

Hidden from view, a central repair protein is made to order 16.04.2018 Large amounts of the mTOR protein (magenta) appear in the sciatic nerve after injury (three images on the right), but are not present in the uninjured nerve (far left) When the body needs to repair...