Human genes sing different tunes in different tissues November 02, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Scientists have long known that it's possible for one gene to produce slightly different forms of the same protein by skipping or including certain sequences from the messenger RNA. Now, an MIT team has shown that this phenomenon, ... | |
Zoologists: Sea snakes seek out freshwater to slake thirst November 06, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Sea snakes may slither in saltwater, but they sip the sweet stuff. So concludes a University of Florida zoologist in a paper appearing this month in the online edition of the November/December issue of the journal Physiological ... | |
Researchers seek to understand and improve virus that infects lung cancer cells November 07, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using data collected at Advanced Photon Source at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, researchers at The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, Calif., have for the first time solved ... | |
Common anesthetic induces Alzheimer's-associated changes in mouse brains November 12, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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For the first time researchers have shown that a commonly used anesthetic can produce changes associated with Alzheimer's disease in the brains of living mammals, confirming previous laboratory studies. In their Annals ... | |
Experimental aids vaccine now in production November 12, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The advance towards a vaccine for HIV/AIDS has taken another step closer to realization. A vaccine, developed by Dr. Chil-Yong Kang and his team at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at The University ... | |
Two from one: new research maps out evolution of genders from hermaphroditic ancestors November 20, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Research from the University of Pittsburgh published in the Nov. 20 edition of Heredity could finally provide evidence of the first stages of the evolution of separate sexes, a theory that holds that males and females ... | |
 New 'barcode chip' allows cheap, fast blood tests November 25, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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A new "barcode chip" developed by researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) promises to revolutionize diagnostic medical testing. In less than 10 minutes, and using just a pinprick's ... | |
Can alkaline earth metals be used in quantum computing? November 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- "There are a number of different proposals for quantum computing," Andrew Daley tells PhysOrg.com. "These include solid state or semiconductor as well as atomic and molecular systems. We are considering ... | |
 Mending broken hearts with tissue engineering November 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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Broken hearts could one day be mended using a novel scaffold developed by MIT researchers and colleagues. | |
New life beneath sea and ice November 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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Scientists have long known that life can exist in some very extreme environments. But Earth continues to surprise us. At a European Science Foundation and COST (European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical ... | |
 Solar Wind Rips Up Martian Atmosphere November 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Researchers have found new evidence that the atmosphere of Mars is being stripped away by solar wind. It's not a gently continuous erosion, but rather a ripping process in which chunks of Martian air detach ... | |
Tests find chemical leaches from 'safe' products November 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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Products marketed for infants or billed as "microwave safe" release toxic doses of the chemical bisphenol A when heated, an analysis by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has found. | |
As more genital birth defects are seen in boys, attention turns to phthalates November 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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At Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, surgeon Howard Snyder says he and his colleagues repair the genitalia of roughly 300 baby boys every year - about double what they did when he started his practice 30 years ago. | |
 Adult stem cell breakthrough November 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 39 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The first tissue-engineered trachea (windpipe), utilising the patient's own stem cells, has been successfully transplanted into a young woman with a failing airway. The bioengineered trachea ... | |
Carbon Nanotubes Detect Lung Cancer Markers in the Breath November 20, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using an array of nanotube devices, each coated with a different organic material, researchers at the Israel Institute of Technology have developed diagnostic system that may be able to diagnose lung cancer ... | |
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