Growing skin in the lab to treat a rare disease
Scientists have successfully gene-engineered skin cells in the laboratory which could be used to treat a rare but sometimes debilitating genetic skin condition.
#WEARETOGETHER: International Students’ Pandemic Experiences to Help Shape Support Messages
Chinese students are helping researchers highlight how they have been left in the dark or discriminated against during the Covid-19 pandemic...
Researchers at U of T use physics model to study spread of COVID-19 respiratory...
After nearly a year of studying COVID-19, scientists are still grappling with fundamental questions – including understanding the dominant modes...
Forecasting the next COVID-19
Princeton disease ecologist C. Jessica Metcalf and Harvard physician and epidemiologist Michael Mina say that predicting disease could become as commonplace as predicting the weather.
Diamonds are a cell’s best friend
Scientists have used tiny diamonds, or nanodiamonds, to measure heat transfer inside living cells, potentially leading to new diagnostic tools and therapies for cancer.
How Mars 2020 Will Help Bring Part of the Red Planet Back to Earth
The mission, Mars 2020, passed the halfway point of its journey in October 2020 and is expected to touch down on solid ground on February 18.
Discovery of a new drug for diabetic retinopathy
A potentially effective treatment for diabetic retinopathy, a disease that swells and scars the retina, has been developed by an Université de Montréal scientist and...
Membrane around tumors may be key to preventing metastasis
Tough as plastic wrap but elastic like a balloon, the lining could be a target for therapies to limit cancer cells from spreading.
Wine consumptton Patterns Relatively Stable Under COVID
Wine consumers have reported that their consumption hasn’t changed much despite the stresses of lockdown. The results from a survey by a team of experts led by the University of Adelaide...
Stanford captured its seventh national championship, including the second consecutive crown
Turning in its best score of the year at 414.521, Stanford captured its second consecutive men's gymnastics national title on Saturday from Maturi Pavilion.