Cancers are newly evolved parasitic species
Posted by admin in Medicine, Science on 28. Jul, 2011 | 0 Comments
Breast Cancer Cells Dividing This confocal micrograph shows two human breast cancer cells dividing. The cell at the top is at prophase, showing the condensing chromosomes prior to their separation. The cell at the bottom is in anaphase, where the chromosomes are in the process of pulling apart. Cancer patients may feel like they have [...]
Next-generation gelatin could be derived from humans instead of animals
Posted by admin in Science on 14. Jul, 2011 | 1 Comment
Something to reflect on over your lunch break today: Scientists are developing a new approach for producing human-derived gelatin in large enough quantities to be a commercially viable replacement for the animal-based gelatins used in all kinds of gelatin-like desserts, candies, and other foodstuffs as well as pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. Think about that next time [...]
Scientists create tiny artificial brain
Posted by admin in Medicine, Science on 03. Jun, 2011 | 0 Comments
This Artificial Rat Brain Has 12 Seconds of Short-term Memory It’s not artificial intelligence in the Turing test sense, but the technicolor ring you see above is actually an artificial microbrain, derived from rat brain cells–just 40 to 60 neurons in total–that is capable of about 12 seconds of short-term memory. Developed by a team [...]
Researchers Transform Skin Cells Into Working Neurons for the First Time
Posted by admin in Medicine, Science on 01. Jun, 2011 | 0 Comments
In a critical first step toward treating nervous system disorders and other degenerative conditions, researchers at Stanford have for the first time transformed human skin cells into functioning neurons. This isn’t stem cell technology–using tissue derived from aborted fetuses and the foreskins of newborns, the researchers were able to create working nerve cells that went [...]
Blood Test To Predict How Long You Will Live
Posted by admin in Medicine, Science on 19. May, 2011 | 0 Comments
In the UK, you can get the length of your telomeres measured Check Those Telomeres Your longevity depends on them. A new test set to hit the market in Britain in the next year aims to tell patients how long they have to live, and naturally that’s not happening without controversy. The test measures [...]
