Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed an exosome-coated stent with a “smart-release” trigger that could both prevent reopened blood vessels from narrowing and deliver regenerative stem cell-derived therapy to blood-starved, or ischemic, tissue. Angioplasty – a procedure that opens blocked arteries – often involves placing a metal stent to reinforce arterial walls and…
Courtesy of Tiffany & Co. / Nolan Zangas Anya Taylor-Joy is continuing her awards season style streak at tonight’s Screen Actors Guild Awards. The Queen’s Gambit actress wore a nude and black lace Vera Wang dress for Sunday’s ceremony, and on the diamond front, Taylor-Joy accessorized with roughly $800,000 in Tiffany & Co. jewels. Pieces…
“The ingredients, dishes and Black skillet kitchen technique was pure Gullah Geechee home cooking,” said David S. Shields, an English professor at the University of South Carolina and a food historian. (The Gullah Geechee people are descendants of West Africans who were enslaved along the coast from North Carolina to North Florida and whose cooks…
A salmonella outbreak linked to contact with wild songbirds and bird feeders has sickened 19 people across eight states, eight of whom have been hospitalized, federal health authorities said. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it was investigating salmonella infections in California, Kentucky, Mississippi, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee and Washington State in…
Los hombres con los que salía siempre se daban por vencidos a los dos meses, normalmente cuando decían haber conocido a alguien más. Pero con este hombre pasaron dos meses, luego seis, luego nueve, y seguíamos hablando casi todos los días. Nunca de una manera que apuntara a una relación seria, pero ciertamente como algo…
“There are always flowers for those who want to see them,” Henri Matisse said. Even in this newspaper — just glue a skewer between two pieces of colored or painted newspaper and snip it into simple flower shapes. Group the flowers together for an everlasting and inexpensive centerpiece for your spring table, or place one…
On an older car, following the owner’s manual mileage recommendation for severe conditions will help to keep the lubricant and its blend of protective additives fresh (if you no longer have the manual, they are often available online and from the automaker). The systems built into many new cars that remind you of required service,…
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Saturday put Johnson & Johnson in charge of a troubled Baltimore manufacturing plant that ruined 15 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine and moved to stop the plant from making another vaccine by AstraZeneca, senior federal health officials said. The extraordinary move by the Department of…
For weeks, the mood in much of the United States has been buoyant. Cases, hospitalizations and deaths from the coronavirus have fallen steeply from their highs, and millions of people are being newly vaccinated every day. Restaurants, shops and schools have reopened. Some states, like Texas and Florida, have abandoned precautions altogether. In measurable ways,…
“It’s so common that now it’s a routine question that I have to ask: Is there any genetic material that we need to talk about?” said Monica Mazzei, a family lawyer at Sideman & Bancroft who represents high net worth clients in Silicon Valley. In the event of divorce, she said, “you’re not together anymore,…