Immune cells protect and heal the human body. In medicine, they are specifically activated through biochemical reactions to treat certain diseases. Researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, ETH ...

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Researchers from the University of Osaka have developed an improved analytical method that allows the interior of a tissue ...

Having performed more than 7,500 complex brain surgeries, Dr. Aaron Cohen-Gadol helped pioneer fluorescence-guided surgical ...

System could enable study of complex biological processes in live animals over long periods with less tissue damage than ...

In this useful Tools & Resources article, the authors describe a new cryogenic light microscopy design and characterize its temperature and spatial stability. This compelling system avoids the ...

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Your skin is constantly monitoring temperature, telling your brain when something feels warm or cool. Scientists have long thought it does this using separate sets of nerve cells. A new study ...