GBacteria from Lean Humans Can Slim Obese Mice
Graduate student Vanessa Ridaura and colleagues at the Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Washington School of Medicine reported in the September 6 issue of Science that mice lacking bacterial colonies of their own that received gut bacteria from obese humans put on more weight and accumulated more fat than mice that […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - September 6, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
Brain circuit can tune anxiety
Anxiety disorders, which include posttraumatic stress disorder, social phobias and obsessive-compulsive disorder, affect 40 million American adults in a given year. Currently available treatments, such as antianxiety drugs, are not always effective and have unwanted side effects. To develop better treatments, a more specific understanding of the brain circuits that produce anxiety is necessary, says […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - August 30, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
Miniature brains grown in test tubes – a new path for neuroscience?
Scientists have grown miniature human brains in test tubes, creating a “tool” that will allow them to watch how the organs develop in the womb and, they hope, increase their understanding of neurological and mental problems. Just a few millimetres across, the “cerebral organoids” are built up of layers of brain cells with defined regions […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - August 29, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
Could the triple whammy technique that beat HIV/Aids win battle against cancer?
The key development that has transformed scientists’ strategy for battling cancer has been the recent discovery that tumours are far more genetically complex than previously realised. “By analysing cancer tissue samples from patients we have found there is an enormous genetic difference between cells found within a single tumour,” said Professor Martin Gore of London’s […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - August 25, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
The incredible beauty in the life of cells
– YouTube. (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - August 25, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
▶ Hepatitis A and B
– YouTube. (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - August 24, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
Simulating How Proteins Self-Assemble, Or Fold
– YouTube. (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - August 23, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
The quest to understand consciousness
▶ Antonio Damasio: The quest to understand consciousness – YouTube. (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - August 22, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
