News tagged with cells break

Pioneering liver treatment cures British baby

British doctors on Tuesday said they had cured a baby boy of a life-threatening liver disease using a pioneering treatment in which cells are injected into the abdomen.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Genomic architecture presages genomic instability: study

When cells divide normally, DNA gets copied perfectly and distributed among the daughter cells with an even hand. Occasionally though, DNA breaks during division and is rearranged, resulting in duplications or deletions of ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Oct 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Surprising new insights into the repair strategies of DNA

(Physorg.com) -- A microscopic single-celled organism, adapted to survive in some of the harshest environments on earth, could help scientists gain a better understanding of how cancer cells behave.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0




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Protein libraries in a snap

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Rice University undergraduate will depart with not only a degree but also a possible patent for his invention of an efficient way to create protein libraries, an important component of biomolecular ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Experts reveal how plants don't get sunburn

(PhysOrg.com) -- Experts at the University of Glasgow have discovered how plants survive the harmful rays of the sun.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New understanding of DNA repair could eventually lead to cancer therapy

A research group in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta is hoping its latest discovery could one day be used to develop new therapies that target certain types of cancers.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Engineers find inspiration for new materials in Piranha-proof armor

(PhysOrg.com) -- It’s a matchup worthy of a late-night cable movie: put a school of starving piranha and a 300-pound fish together, and who comes out the winner?

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Solar start-ups set new efficiency records

(PhysOrg.com) -- Although Alta Devices and Semprius make different types of solar panels, both start-ups have been breaking records in the past few days. Santa Clara, Calif.-based Alta Devices announced that ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (16) | comments 12 | with audio podcast report

Scientists break satellite telephony security standards

Satellite telephony was thought to be secure against eavesdropping. German researchers at the Horst Gortz Institute for IT-Security (HGI) at the Ruhr University Bochum (RUB) have cracked the encryption algorithms of the European ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Energy mythbusting: The truth about those energy-saving tips

You've read the energy-saving tips. You've armed yourself with caulk. You're ready to do some serious damage to your gas and electric bills. Not so fast.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 5

Magnetic therapy becoming more popular for treating depression

(Medical Xpress) -- A new magnetic therapy that treats major depression recently received a major boost when the government announced Medicare will cover the procedure in Illinois.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Heart hormone helps shape fat metabolism

It's well known that exercising reduces body weight because it draws on fat stores that muscle can burn as fuel. But a new study at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) suggests that ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Nanodiamond coatings safe for implants: study

Nanodiamonds designed to toughen artificial joints also might prevent the inflammation caused when hardworking metal joints shed debris into the body, according to an early study published this week in the ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Feb 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 5 | with audio podcast


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