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Study sheds light on alternative, more convenient method of cell preservation

(Oregon State University) Researchers have taken an important step toward a more convenient, less expensive means of preserving mammalian cells for in vitro fertilization, species conservation, cell therapy and other purposes.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/osu-ssl012518.php

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Microbes may help astronauts transform human waste into food

(Penn State) Human waste may one day be a valuable resource for astronauts on deep-space missions. Now, a Penn State research team has shown that it is possible to rapidly break down solid and liquid waste to grow food with a series of microbial reactors, while simultaneously minimizing pathogen growth.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/ps-mmh012518.php

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Microbiome research refines HIV risk for women

(Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center) Drawing from data collected for years by AIDS researchers in six African nations, scientists have pinpointed seven bacterial species whose presence in high concentrations may significantly increase the risk of HIV infection in women.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/fhcr-mrr012518.php

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Thirty years of innovation pays off as oligonucleotide therapeutics come to market

(Bentley University) The recent approval of SpinrazaTM (nusinersen), jointly developed by Ionis Pharmaceuticals and Biogen, marks the arrival of a new class of biological products -- oligonucleotide therapeutics. A recent publication from the Center for Integration of Science and Industry at Bentley University shows that the thirty year path from the initiation of research on oligonucleotides as therapeutics to the emergence of effective products followed predictable patterns of innovation, in which novel products are successfully developed only after the underlying basic research reaches a requisite level of maturity.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/bu-tyo012518.php

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CSHL's Rob Martienssen honored by plant geneticists with Barbara McClintock Prize

(Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) Rob Martienssen, Professor, HHMI Investigator, and Head of Genomics and Plant Genetics at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) has received the 2018 Barbara McClintock Prize for Plant Genetics and Genome Studies. The award and medal will be conferred during a ceremony in Saint-Malo, France, on March 24th, as part of the 2018 Maize Genetics Conference.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/cshl-crm012518.php

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Shape-shifting organic crystals use memory to improve plastic electronics

(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Researchers have identified a mechanism that triggers shape-memory phenomena in organic crystals used in plastic electronics. Shape-shifting structural materials are made with metal alloys, but the new generation of economical printable plastic electronics is poised to benefit from this phenomenon, too. Shape-memory materials science and plastic electronics technology, when merged, could open the door to advancements in low-power electronics, medical electronics devices and multifunctional shape-memory materials.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/uoia-soc012518.php

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Aspiration as good as stent retrievers for removing large-vessel clots in stroke patients

(Medical University of South Carolina) ADAPT, an aspiration technique pioneered at the Medical University of South Carolina, is non-inferior to stent retrievers for mechanical thrombectomy in stroke patients with large-vessel clots, according to the preliminary results of the COMPASS trial reported at the International Stroke Conference on Jan. 25, 2018.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/muos-aag012518.php

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Heparan sulfate biomaterials retain structure and function after gamma irradiation

(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) A new study has shown that heparan sulfate, a desirable natural material for use in bioengineered tissues and orthotic implants, can withstand the stress of gamma irradiation for sterilization and retain its structure, binding ability, and biological function.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/mali-hsb012518.php

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Quantum race accelerates development of silicon quantum chip

(Delft University of Technology) In a neck-and-neck race with their competitors, a team of TU Delft scientists led by Professor Vandersypen showed that quantum information of an electron spin can be transported to a photon, in a silicon quantum chip. This is important in order to connect quantum bits across the chip and allowing to scale up to large numbers of qubits.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/duot-qra012518.php

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Researchers from TU Delft combine spintronics and nanophotonics in 2-D material

(Delft University of Technology) Researchers from the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience at TU Delft, working with the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research's AMOLF institute, have found a way to convert the spin information into a predictable light signal at room temperature. The discovery brings the worlds of spintronics and nanophotonics closer together and might lead to the development of an energy-efficient way of processing data, in data centres, for example.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/duot-rft012518.php

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