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Gut microbes can protect against high blood pressure
Read more: Gut microbes can protect against high blood pressureStrain of intestinal bacteria can stop a high-salt diet from inducing inflammatory response linked to hypertension. Microbes living in your gut may help protect against the effects of a high-salt diet, according to a new study from MIT. The MIT team, working with researchers in Germany, found that in both mice and humans, a high-salt…
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Next-generation optogenetic molecules control single neurons
Read more: Next-generation optogenetic molecules control single neuronsFocused laser beam could help scientists map connections amoung neurons that underlie behavior. Researchers at MIT and Paris Descartes University have developed a new optogenetic technique that sculpts light to target individual cells bearing engineered light-sensitive molecules, so that individual neurons can be precisely stimulated. Until now, it has been challenging to use optogenetics to…
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Synthetic circuits can harvest light energy
Read more: Synthetic circuits can harvest light energyNovel structures made with DNA scaffolds could be used to create solar-powered materials. By organizing pigments on a DNA scaffold, an MIT-led team of researchers has designed a light-harvesting material that closely mimics the structure of naturally occurring photosynthetic structures. The researchers showed that their synthetic material can absorb light and efficiently transfer its energy…
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