World’s first lab-grown burger is eaten in London
Scientists took cells from a cow and, at an institute in the Netherlands, turned them into strips of muscle that they combined to make a patty. One food expert said it was “close to meat, but not that juicy” and another said it tasted like a real burger. Researchers say the technology could be a […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - August 8, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
Apocalypse soon, if we keep on cutting science
Radical budget cuts are threatening not just US science, but its way of life PESTILENCE, war, famine, death. I recently came face-to-face with all four at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, in a rare viewing of Albrecht Dürer’s 15th-century woodcut Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. In Dürer’s time fear of the apocalypse […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - August 8, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
We each live in our own little world — smellwise
There are some smells we all find revolting. But toward a handful of odors, different people display different sensitivities—some can smell them, while some can’t, or some find them appealing, while others don’t. A pair of studies appearing online on August 1 in the journal Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, now identifies the genetic […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - August 5, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
We each live in our own little world — smellwise
There are some smells we all find revolting. But toward a handful of odors, different people display different sensitivities—some can smell them, while some can’t, or some find them appealing, while others don’t. A pair of studies appearing online on August 1 in the journal Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, now identifies the genetic […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - August 5, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
Stunningly beautiful 3D medical animations!
The Nucleus team of graduate-degreed medical animators, writers, and designers specializes in creating accurate, cinematic 3D medical animations for patient and professional education. via Nucleus Demo Reel 2013 – YouTube. (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - July 22, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
Researchers turn off Down ’s syndrome genes
The insertion of one gene can muzzle the extra copy of chromosome 21 that causes Down’s syndrome, according to a study published today in Nature1. The method could help researchers to identify the cellular pathways behind the disorder’s symptoms, and to design targeted treatments. “It’s a strategy that can be applied in multiple ways, and […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - July 19, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
Researchers turn off Down’s syndrome genes
The insertion of one gene can muzzle the extra copy of chromosome 21 that causes Down’s syndrome, according to a study published today in Nature1. The method could help researchers to identify the cellular pathways behind the disorder’s symptoms, and to design targeted treatments. “It’s a strategy that can be applied in multiple ways, and […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - July 19, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
Most Mutations in the Human Genome are Recent and Probably Harmful
We really are a mutant race. Our genomes are strewn with millions of rare gene variations, the result of the very fast, very recent population growth of the human species. From an estimated 5 million individuals just 10,000 years ago, we ballooned to more than 7 billion. On average, every duplication of the human genome […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - July 18, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
Retrovirus Replication 3D Animation
– YouTube. (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - July 18, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
