News tagged with fetal cells


New blood test for Down syndrome

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 07, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have developed a new prenatal blood test that accurately detected Down syndrome and two other serious chromosomal defects in a small study of 18 pregnant women. If confirmed in ...





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Organic flash memory developed

Organic flash memory developed

Technology / Semiconductors

created 9 hours ago | popularity 4.7 / 5 (13) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Tokyo have developed a non-volatile memory that has the same basic structure as a flash memory but is made from cheap, flexible, organic materials.


Water droplets shape graphene nanostructures

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created 10 hours ago | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

A single-atom-thick sheet of carbon, like those seen in pencil marks -- offers great potential for new types of nanoscale devices, if a good way can be found to mold the material into desired shapes.


Glutamate can play key role in drug impact on brain

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Addiction disorders of various kinds are a major health and social problem, and our knowledge of how the brain’s reward system functions needs to be enhanced. Uppsala researchers now shows an unexpected effect ...


Small Fingers More Touch Sensitive

Small Fingers More Touch Sensitive

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created 23 hours ago | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

When it comes to finger sensitivity, bigger isn't always better.


Study reveals lack of diversity in embryonic stem cell lines

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The most widely used human embryonic stem cell lines lack genetic diversity, a finding that raises social justice questions that must be addressed to ensure that all sectors of society benefit from stem cell advances, according ...


Callers of all incomes ditching landlines for cell

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The number of households with cell phones but no landlines continues to grow, but the recession doesn't seem to be forcing poor cellular users to abandon their traditional wired phones any faster than higher-income ...


Researchers find cells move in mysterious ways

Researchers find cells move in mysterious ways (w/ Video)

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Our cells are more like us than we may think. They're sensitive to their environment, poking and prodding deliberately at their surroundings with hand-like feelers and chemical signals as they decide whether ...


Lung cancer and melanoma laid bare: First comprehensive analysis of two cancer genomes

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Research teams led by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute announce the first comprehensive analyses of cancer genomes. All cancers are caused by mutations in the DNA of cancer cells which are acquired during a person's lifetime. ...


Stem-cell activators switch function, repress mature cells

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In a developing animal, stem cells proliferate and differentiate to form the organs needed for life. A new study shows how a crucial step in this process happens and how a reversal of that step contributes to cancer.


Scientists use DNA sequencing to attack lung cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Aided by next-generation DNA sequencing technology, an international team of researchers has gained insights into how more than 60 carcinogens associated with cigarette smoke bind to and chemically modify human DNA, ultimately ...



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