Surface Where a Stem Cell Grows Can Determine Its Future
Posted by admin in Medicine on 27. Oct, 2010 | 0 Comments
Stem Cell Exerts Pressure On Microscopic Posts, Reveals Its Own Future Like a child, a stem cell can grow up to be just about anything. Eventually it picks a job, however, during a process called differentiation. Scientists can influence, if not always control, the outcome by applying compounds called growth factors. Now Jianping Fu, a [...]
iBGStar plug-in glucose meter for the iPhone and iPod touch
Posted by admin in Medicine on 24. Sep, 2010 | 0 Comments
The iBGStar plug-in glucose meter With the number of apps in Apple’s App Store standing at more than 250,000 it’s no surprise that there are a number of diabetes-related apps amongst them. Such apps require users to manually enter information such as glucose numbers, carbohydrate consumption, insulin dosages and activities to allow diabetics to better [...]
Cell reprogramming breakthrough could mend broken hearts
Posted by admin in Medicine on 13. Aug, 2010 | 0 Comments
A new breakthrough in cell regeneration could lead to the repair of damaged hearts Heart disease remains one the biggest killers in the Western world. When a heart attack or heart failure occurs, permanent damage often affects the heart, destroying live cells and leaving the patient with irreversible scarring. This scarring can often lead to [...]
Scientific team creates molecular robot from DNA
Posted by admin in Computers, Science on 18. May, 2010 | 0 Comments
Scientists from Columbia University, Arizona State University, the University of Michigan, and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have created a robot that’s just 4 nanometers wide. And no, it doesn’t have flashing lights, video cameras or wheels. It does, however, have four legs, and the ability to start, move, turn, and stop. Descendants of [...]
Computer takes guesswork out of anesthetizing
Posted by admin in Medicine, Science on 22. Feb, 2010 | 0 Comments
Anesthetists cannot take their responsibilities lightly. Too little anesthetic and a patient may feel the whole procedure, too much and a patient might shuffle off this mortal coil. Researchers in the Canary Islands have taken the guesswork out of this thorny dilemma and developed a computer-controlled system that measures a patient’s hypnotic state and applies [...]
