Medicine and Health News
Neural stem cells may solve embryonic cell issue
Cell replacement therapy offers a novel and powerful medical technology. A type of embryonic stem cell, called a neural crest stem cell, that persists into adulthood in hair follicles was recently discovered by researchers.
Posted on Dec 10 2004 @ 01:06 by Tormod Guldvog
Monitoring life, one breath at a time
Researchers have created a tiny device that can monitor a victim's breathing in emergency situations by effectively shrinking an operating room machine into a small, disposable tool that can be carried to a disaster site.
Posted on Nov 11 2004 @ 01:00 by Tormod Guldvog
'Junk' DNA may be very valuable to embryos
A new study sheds light on events orchestrating the changes when mammalian eggs are fertilized and become embryos.
Posted on Oct 12 2004 @ 12:37 by Tormod Guldvog
Punching the timeclock of life
Is human longevity programmed? A molecular geneticist's findings may one day alter Darwin's ideas.
Posted on Sep 27 2004 @ 06:49 by Tormod Guldvog
The promise of personalized medicine
A new technology developed by scientists at IBM could bring the promise of personalized medicine one step closer to reality.
Posted on Sep 8 2004 @ 12:01 by Tormod Guldvog
Scientists reinvent DNA as template to produce organic molecules
By piggybacking small organic molecules onto short strands of DNA, chemists at Harvard University have developed an innovative new method of using DNA as a blueprint not for proteins but for collections of complex synthetic molecules.
Posted on Aug 20 2004 @ 02:38 by Tormod Guldvog
The first engineering of cell surfaces in living animals
In an unprecedented advance, researchers have armed the cell surfaces of living mice with a novel method of joining with chemical probes.
Posted on Aug 19 2004 @ 01:57 by Tormod Guldvog
Stem Cell Research Gets A Jump Start
A team at MIT have developed robotic technology that could help scientists create specific cell types from human embryonic stem cells.
Posted on Jun 14 2004 @ 01:03 by Tormod Guldvog
We weren't made to multitask
People simply are not made for processing more than one thing at a time, according to MIT scientists.
Posted on Jun 8 2004 @ 02:11 by Tormod Guldvog
Major Advances in Gene Therapy
Scientists in Wisconsin have discovered a surprisingly simple solution to one of the major problems in gene therapy.
Posted on Jun 3 2004 @ 03:56 by Tormod Guldvog
