News tagged with human enhancement


Survey highlights support for nanotech in health fields but disapproval elsewhere

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 13, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A landmark national survey on the use of nanotechnology for "human enhancement" shows widespread public support for applications of the new technology related to improving human health. However, the survey also shows broad ...


Study shows increased education on nanotech, human enhancement increases public concerns

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jul 16, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Educating the public about nanotechnology and other complex but emerging technologies causes people to become more "worried and cautious" about the new technologies' prospective benefits, according to a recent study by researchers ...





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The upside of feeling down

The upside of feeling down

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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A chill wind chases you into the door of your local newsagent. Rain is drumming down outside. As you pay for your newspaper, you briefly notice a number of strange items on the checkout counter - a matchbox ...


Iowa State University researcher discovers key to vital DNA, protein interaction

Researchers discover key to vital DNA, protein interaction

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(PhysOrg.com) -- A researcher at Iowa State University has discovered how a group of proteins from plant pathogenic bacteria interact with DNA in the plant cell, opening up the possibility for what the scientist ...


Diet switching can activate brain's stress system, lead to 'withdrawal' symptoms

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In research that sheds light on the perils of yo-yo dieting and repeated bouts of sugar-bingeing, researchers from The Scripps Research Institute have shown in animal models that cycling between periods of eating sweet and ...


UK starts study on using human DNA in animals

Biology / Biotechnology

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(AP) -- British scientists begin a new study on Tuesday to consider how human DNA is used in animal experiments and to determine what the boundaries of such controversial science might be.


Researchers to develop novel drug detection technology using software that acts like a robotic scientist

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Every time a person snorts cocaine, it doesn’t just go to his or her head: It also provokes a response in the immune system, creating special biomolecules that may serve as a permanent record of each exposure.


Advance growing animal penile erectile tissue in lab may benefit patients

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In an advance that could one day enable surgeons to reconstruct and restore function to damaged or diseased penile tissue in humans, researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center's Institute for Regenerative ...


New discovery allows scientists for the first time to experimentally annotate genomes

New discovery allows scientists for the first time to experimentally annotate genomes

Biology / Biotechnology

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Over the last 20 years, the sequencing of the human genome, along with related organisms, has represented one of the largest scientific endeavors in the history of mankind. The information collected from genome ...


Stem cells restore cognitive abilities impaired by brain tumor treatment, study finds

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Human embryonic stem cells could help people with learning and memory deficits after radiation treatment for brain tumors, suggests a new UC Irvine study.


FDA-approved drugs eliminate, prevent cervical cancer in mice

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health have eliminated cervical cancer in mice with two FDA-approved drugs currently used to treat breast cancer and osteoporosis.


Scientists explain binding action of 2 key HIV antibodies; could lead to new vaccine design

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A very close and detailed study of how the most robust antibodies work to block the HIV virus as it seeks entry into healthy cells has revealed a new direction for researchers hoping to design an effective vaccine.



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