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New label-free method tracks molecules and drugs in live cells

New label-free method tracks molecules and drugs in live cells

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created Dec 18, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new type of highly sensitive microscopy developed by researchers at Harvard University could greatly expand the limits of modern biomedical imaging, allowing scientists to track the location of minuscule ...





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Rat pack: Scientists warming up to African rodent (AP)

Rat pack: Scientists warming up to African rodent

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(AP) -- Naked mole rats don't get cancer. They shrug off brushes with acid and age so well, some are older than the college-aged researchers handling them.


Cells defend themselves from viruses, bacteria with armor of protein errors

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 1

When cells are confronted with an invading virus or bacteria or exposed to an irritating chemical, they protect themselves by going off their DNA recipe and inserting the wrong amino acid into new proteins to defend them ...


When is a stem cell really a stem cell?

When is a stem cell really a stem cell?

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells -- adult cells reprogrammed to look and function like versatile embryonic stem cells -- are of growing interest in medicine. They may provide a way to ...


Scientists Unravel Evolution of Highly Toxic Box Jellyfish

Scientists Unravel Evolution of Highly Toxic Box Jellyfish

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- With thousands of stinging cells that can emit deadly venom from tentacles that can reach ten feet in length, the 50 or so species of box jellyfish have long been of interest to scientists ...


Kill the cancer, not the patient: New toxicity testing approach could make chemo drugs safer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

For cancer patients on chemotherapy, the "cure" can be as deadly as the disease itself. Adverse drug reactions are one of the leading causes of death among patients receiving cancer treatment.


Watching Lyme disease-causing microbes move in ticks

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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

Lyme disease is caused by the microbe Borrelia burgdorferi, which is transmitted to humans from feeding ticks.


Study shows link between influenza virus and fever

Medicine & Health / Research

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

One feature of the "new influenza" is a sudden rise in temperature. Up to now it was not exactly understood how this reaction occurs. Scientists at the University of Bonn and the Technical University of Munich, Germany, have ...


Researchers find two units of umbilical cord blood reduce risk of leukemia recurrence

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

A new study from the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota shows that patients who have acute leukemia and are transplanted with two units of umbilical cord blood (UCB) have significantly reduced risk of the disease ...


Longevity tied to genes that preserve tips of chromosomes

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (20) | comments 0

A team led by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University has found a clear link between living to 100 and inheriting a hyperactive version of an enzyme that rebuilds telomeres - the tip ends ...


Ancient penguin DNA raises doubts about accuracy of genetic dating techniques

Ancient penguin DNA raises doubts about accuracy of genetic dating techniques

Biology / Evolution

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (23) | comments 15

Penguins that died 44,000 years ago in Antarctica have provided extraordinary frozen DNA samples that challenge the accuracy of traditional genetic aging measurements, and suggest those approaches have been ...



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