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UCSF researchers are using tiny "mini-organs" to model disease, personalize treatment, and understand human development. They ...

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Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) can help scientists determine the three-dimensional structure of proteins in unprecedented detail. Jacques Dubochet, former group leader at EMBL, shared the 2017 ...

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Engineers have developed a new way to monitor how tiny lab-grown human heart tissues beat—by effectively "listening" to the ...

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The technology at the center of the growing "resolution revolution" has again shown its value to scientists at Yale by ...

The environment experienced by young zebrafish influences both the shape and electrical activity of the neurons in the eye, ...