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Thread: New ribbon like nanostructures assembled by DNA binding method
Post: New ribbon like nanostructures assembled by DNA bi...
Post: New ribbon like nanostructures assembled by DNA bi...
U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory scientists have made a novel discovery; DNA strands used as linkers can coax nano-sized rods to line up in way previously unseen in any other...
Author: Nikolas
05-21-2013, 12:36 AM
Thread: Leukemia patients may benefit from existing cancer medication
Post: Leukemia patients may benefit from existing cancer...
Post: Leukemia patients may benefit from existing cancer...
Researchers at the Knight Cancer Institute at Oregon Health & Science University have made a new discovery giving hope to patients suffering from two types of leukemia previously thought untreatab...
Author: Nikolas
05-13-2013, 10:58 PM
Thread: Cholesterol drug STATIN side-effects under research
Post: Cholesterol drug STATIN side-effects under researc...
Post: Cholesterol drug STATIN side-effects under researc...
University of Arizona, a research team working on neurons treated with statin has made a new discovery; unusual ball-like swellings within neurons, which the team has termed the "beads-on-a-string" ef...
Author: Nikolas
05-12-2013, 01:36 AM
Thread: Leukemia Drugs for Treating Neurodegenerative Disorders
Post: Leukemia Drugs for Treating Neurodegenerative Diso...
Post: Leukemia Drugs for Treating Neurodegenerative Diso...
Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center plan to start a clinical trial with humans, furthering their finding related to applying small doses of a leukemia drug to mice brains. These small ...
Author: Nikolas
05-12-2013, 12:41 AM
Thread: New metabolomics methods by NextGen show promise
Post: New metabolomics methods by NextGen show promise
Post: New metabolomics methods by NextGen show promise
Metabolomics is an emerging research method in life sciences that takes the approach of quantifying and analysing all metabolites in a given sample. Changes as low as one I a few thousand can be detec...
Author: Nikolas
05-11-2013, 10:16 PM
Thread: Cannabinoid related compunds used to battle HIV
Post: Cannabinoid related compunds used to battle HIV
Post: Cannabinoid related compunds used to battle HIV
HIV, the causative agent of AIDS has long presented a problem for treatment, showing extraordinary resilience to any kind of drugs. It has long been known that it infects an organisam and persists in ...
Author: Nikolas
05-02-2013, 09:49 PM
Thread: Eozinophiles and Adipocyte progenitor cells regenerate muscle
Post: Eozinophiles and Adipocyte progenitor cells regene...
Post: Eozinophiles and Adipocyte progenitor cells regene...
Cells previously known to create inflammation and generate fat have been discovered to be crucial in regenerating muscle tissue.
Scientists at UC San Francisco have performed the study. The experiment...
Author: Nikolas
04-21-2013, 11:28 AM
Thread: Block protein of the appetite reducing hormone Leptin identified
Post: Block protein of the appetite reducing hormone Lep...
Post: Block protein of the appetite reducing hormone Lep...
The appetite-regulation hormone called leptin was discovered in 1994, and ever since then scientists have been trying to understand the mechanisms that control and direct its action. It was known that...
Author: Nikolas
04-20-2013, 12:51 AM
Thread: Converting fibroblasts into functional oligodendrocytes
Post: Converting fibroblasts into functional oligodendro...
Post: Converting fibroblasts into functional oligodendro...
In a process dubbed “Cellular Alchemy” researchers at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine have succeeded at a technique that converts skin cells to the type of brain cells compromised or destroyed...
Author: Nikolas
04-20-2013, 12:01 AM
Thread: Using viral vectors to mediate miRNA therapeutics
Post: Using viral vectors to mediate miRNA therapeutics
Post: Using viral vectors to mediate miRNA therapeutics
miRNA’s can be utilized for a number of purposes, and recent research in this field has been prolific and detailed. Along with miRNA’s great potential as biomarkers for different pathological states a...
Author: Nikolas
04-19-2013, 02:39 AM
Thread: miRNA Blood Diagnostics by Dr. Dominik M.Duelli
Post: miRNA Blood Diagnostics by Dr. Dominik M.Duelli
Post: miRNA Blood Diagnostics by Dr. Dominik M.Duelli
New progress in the field of evaluating miRNAs in Circulation
Adittional to SomaGenics’ method for miRNA plasma measurement, other scientists are also working on new methods to measure the miRNA cir...
Author: Nikolas
04-19-2013, 01:24 AM
Thread: Firefly Bioworks and SomaGenics present new microRNA research technology
Post: Firefly Bioworks and SomaGenics present new microR...
Post: Firefly Bioworks and SomaGenics present new microR...
Biotech Company “Firefly BioWorks”, develops a new technology, FirePlex™, a method of miRNA detection that can been used for both academic and clinical research.
miRNAs have recently emerged as key f...
Author: Nikolas
04-18-2013, 08:29 AM
Thread: "Vascular Health Profile" concept by CytoVas may help improve cadio-vascular health
Post: "Vascular Health Profile" concept by CytoVas may h...
Post: "Vascular Health Profile" concept by CytoVas may h...
A new company in the biotech sector, CytoVas, has developed a new concept for vascular health analysis, using a relatively new filed approach, cytomics, to screen the blood for viomarkers relating to ...
Author: Nikolas
04-18-2013, 02:19 AM
Thread: Inhibiting interferons can clear the body of persistent infection
Post: Inhibiting interferons can clear the body of persi...
Post: Inhibiting interferons can clear the body of persi...
Study shows that inhibiting interferons may help clear the body of persistent viral infection.
Persistent viral infections have long baffled virologists, who were unable to explain how some viruses m...
Author: Nikolas
04-17-2013, 03:40 AM
Thread: Bioengineered Kidney Produces Urine (Artificial Kidney Discovery)
Post: Bioengineered Kidney Produces Urine (Artificial Ki...
Post: Bioengineered Kidney Produces Urine (Artificial Ki...
The problems of donor-organ shortage are well known in modern medicine. In case of kidney failure alone, only 18 out of 100 people receive a donor organ, the rest remain of waiting lists until critica...
Author: Nikolas
04-17-2013, 01:15 AM
Thread: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute develops a new method to kill pathogenic bacteria
Post: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute develops a new me...
Post: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute develops a new me...
Biomimicing nano-particles may provide with a new effective food preservation technique
Engineers and researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have been working to develop a new method to kill...
Author: Nikolas
04-16-2013, 08:16 AM
Thread: Future of diagnostics - Implanted diagnostic chip
Post: Future of diagnostics - Implanted diagnostic chip
Post: Future of diagnostics - Implanted diagnostic chip
Diagnostics for chronic patients as well as patients undergoing treatment are very important. Blood diagnostics however, are expensive, require time, and cause inconvenience to the patients.
For a w...
Author: Nikolas
04-16-2013, 01:52 AM
Thread: New therapy for leukemia shows results and captures interest of Novartis
Post: New therapy for leukemia shows results and capture...
Post: New therapy for leukemia shows results and capture...
A new therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a swift-growing cancer that kills more than 60 percent of those afflicted, is based on extracting T cells and modifying them to home in on and destroy B...
Author: Nikolas
04-16-2013, 12:58 AM
Thread: Yeast derived Anti-malaria drug to be marketed low-cost by large international Co.
Post: Yeast derived Anti-malaria drug to be marketed low...
Post: Yeast derived Anti-malaria drug to be marketed low...
Sanofi, a pharmaceutical giant and OneWorld Health, a nonprofit drug developer said on April 12th that they launched a new project, consisting of a collaboration of several multinational organizations...
Author: Nikolas
04-14-2013, 03:59 AM
Thread: Telomerase 3-D structure identified
Post: Telomerase 3-D structure identified
Post: Telomerase 3-D structure identified
Telomerase, a key enzyme in cells, and subsequent telomeres, have been discovered by researchers in Berkeley several years ago, leading to the 2006 Nobel Prize in medicine and physiology. Ever since i...
Author: Nikolas
04-13-2013, 02:26 AM
Thread: Folates as possible cancer treatment - Endocyte a rising star in cancer treatment
Post: Folates as possible cancer treatment - Endocyte a ...
Post: Folates as possible cancer treatment - Endocyte a ...
Endocyte, a biopharmaceutical company specializing in predicative medicine and targeted drugs is designing small molecule drug conjugates intended for cancer treatment. In addition to its small molecu...
Author: Nikolas
04-13-2013, 12:53 AM
Thread: Advances in Predictive Human Toxicity – Cryoperserved Human Hepatocytes
Post: Advances in Predictive Human Toxicity – Cryopers...
Post: Advances in Predictive Human Toxicity – Cryopers...
Adverse drug reactions are a big problem in pharmacy and medicine. With a striking death-toll of nearly one quarter of all disease related deaths worldwide, it certainly is a big target for innovative...
Author: Nikolas
04-12-2013, 12:24 AM
Thread: Autism Treatment - New technologies give hope to patients
Post: Autism Treatment - New technologies give hope to p...
Post: Autism Treatment - New technologies give hope to p...
New molecular technologies lead to new findings and possible treatment concerning Autism.
Autism is a neurological development disorder causing impaired social interaction and communication and restr...
Author: Nikolas
04-11-2013, 02:32 AM
Thread: Sociological Impacts and Ethical implications of Personalized Medicine
Post: Sociological Impacts and Ethical implications of P...
Post: Sociological Impacts and Ethical implications of P...
Personalized health-care is becoming more and more apparent as the future of medicine. The benefits are apparent, and the scientific and health-related impacts have been discussed many times over. How...
Author: Nikolas
04-11-2013, 12:48 AM
Thread: Isis and Roche form an alliance to combat Huntington's
Post: Isis and Roche form an alliance to combat Huntingt...
Post: Isis and Roche form an alliance to combat Huntingt...
Huntington’s disease is an inherited genetic disorder affecting the brain that leads to progressive loss of both mental and physical faculty, motor control and psychiatric problems. It is an autosomal...
Author: Nikolas
04-10-2013, 04:34 AM
Thread: The Genetics of Obesity - New Obesity Genes Located
Post: The Genetics of Obesity - New Obesity Genes Locate...
Post: The Genetics of Obesity - New Obesity Genes Locate...
Obesity has presented itself as the modern world disease, with stunning calculations; nearly 30% of all non-violent deaths are caused or closely tied to obesity and associated health risks. Childhood ...
Author: Nikolas
04-09-2013, 11:46 PM
Thread: Obesity and Neurons - Obesity treatment by manipulating neural pathways
Post: Obesity and Neurons - Obesity treatment by manipul...
Post: Obesity and Neurons - Obesity treatment by manipul...
A new study has shown that the reason some people can eat apparently what they want, get no exercise and still not gain weight, might be neurological. The study shows that people with a high-fat diet ...
Author: Nikolas
04-09-2013, 11:45 PM
Thread: Derivation of adult stem cells from the human intestine
Post: Derivation of adult stem cells from the human inte...
Post: Derivation of adult stem cells from the human inte...
Intestinal diseases have presented a big problem in medicine up until now. Cellular death in the intestine caused by several diseases such as celiac disease, radiation and chemo therapy has proven to ...
Author: Nikolas
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Stem Cells
04-09-2013, 03:01 AM
Thread: Biomimicing tissues using 3-D printed lipid droplets
Post: Biomimicing tissues using 3-D printed lipid drople...
Post: Biomimicing tissues using 3-D printed lipid drople...
Biomimicry is a field of biotechnology long present in the scientific world. Copying existing mechanisms present in organisms has been around since technology first evolved, thus in some sense it pred...
Author: Nikolas
04-09-2013, 12:00 AM
Thread: Laser Treatment for Cocaine Addiction in Rats
Post: Laser Treatment for Cocaine Addiction in Rats
Post: Laser Treatment for Cocaine Addiction in Rats
Drug abuse is one of the prevailing social problems of this age, and has proven difficult for scientists to tackle over the years. From behavioral therapies to lobotomy and substitute substances, the ...
Author: Nikolas
04-08-2013, 10:37 PM