Real-time imaging captures contact between cells and between a single neuron's extensions

Living organisms are made up of hundreds of thousands of cells that cooperate to create the organs and systems that breathe, eat, move, and think. Now, researchers from Japan have developed a new way ...
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Real-time imaging of contact between cells and between a single neuron’s extensions

Researchers from The University of Osaka report the development of two fluorescent indicators, Gachapin and Gachapin-C, that ...
The Scientist

Engineered Gut Bacteria Act as Biosensors to Detect Intestinal Disease

Gut microbes engineered to dim their fluorescence under stress offered a real-time, noninvasive biosensor to track gut health in mice.

Scientists grow specialized nerve cells that degenerate in ALS and are damaged in spinal cord injury

Researchers have developed a way to grow a highly specialized subset of brain nerve cells that are involved in motor neuron ...