Scientists at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne say they have developed a new technique that uses a gel consisting of growth nutrients to "squeeze" cells into more malleable stem cells. This approach promises to create a new industrial-sized platform that can be used to manufacture large quantities of stem cells needed for a variety of applications. Release
> Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine have created antibodies that were able to neutralize two of the most potent strains of Ebola in mice. Release
> Lung cells known as pulmonary neuroendocrine cells, or PNECs, can regulate an immune response, offering a new pathway for treating errant immune responses that cause diseases such as asthma. Release