Synthetic cell membrane marks another step towards creation of fully artificial life forms
Posted by admin in Future on 30. Jan, 2012 | 0 Comments
The cell membrane is one of the most important components of a cell because it separates the interior from the environment and controls the movement of substances in and out of the cell. In a move that brings mankind another step closer to being able to create artificial life forms from scratch, chemists from the [...]
New antiviral drug could cure nearly any viral infection – including the common cold
Posted by admin in Medicine on 11. Aug, 2011 | 0 Comments
While not delivering a knockout blow, the discovery of penicillin in 1928 provided a potent weapon in the fight against a wide range of bacterial infections. The quest to develop a similarly broad-spectrum drug to fight viral infections has proven more difficult but now researchers at MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory have designed a drug that has [...]
Scientists create ‘living laser’
Posted by admin in Science on 14. Jun, 2011 | 0 Comments
You Light Up My Life Green laser light shines from a human kidney cell modified to express green fluorescent protein. While laser beam-shooting plants or animals might seem like something straight out of Star Trek, two researchers from the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital recently wondered whether such organisms could theoretically exist. [...]
Ancient body clock discovered that helps to keep all living things on time
Posted by admin in Medicine, Science on 06. Feb, 2011 | 0 Comments
Scientists have identified the mechanism responsible for driving the internal clock of almost all living organisms A group of Cambridge scientists have successfully identified the mechanism that drives our internal 24-hour clock, or circadian rhythm. It occurs not only in human cells, but has also been found in other life forms such as algae, and [...]
Scientists Successfully Embed Silicon Chips Inside Human Cells
Posted by admin in Medicine, Science on 20. Mar, 2010 | 0 Comments
Chips in Cells Human cells might play host to thousands of transistors Scientists have already created mini-cyborgs out of living cells and semiconductor materials, but now biological cells can also contain tiny silicon chips. Those silicon chips could become future intracellular sensors that monitor microscopic activities, deliver drugs to target cells or even repair cell [...]
