Mice That Feel Less Pain Live Longer
Scientists have found a way to beat back the hands of time and fight the ravages of old age, at least in mice. A new study finds that mice bred without a specific pain sensor, or receptor, live longer and are less likely to develop diseases such as diabetes in old age. What’s more, exposure […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - May 25, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
Young Blood Renews Old Mice
Could the elixir of youth be as simple as a protein found in young blood? In recent years, researchers studying mice found that giving old animals blood from young ones can reverse some signs of aging, and last year one team identified a growth factor in the blood that they think is partly responsible for […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - May 4, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
Stool DNA Test Beats Existing Noninvasive Screen for Colorectal Cancer
In a side-by-side comparison, a noninvasive, multitarget stool DNA test proved to be more sensitive than a fecal immunochemical test (FIT). This result, published March 19 in the New England Journal of Medicine, suggests that the DNA test, which includes quantitative molecular assays for genetic abnormalities related to cancer, could significantly improve the effectiveness of […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - March 20, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
Semiconductor Based Diagnostic Technologies Could Revolutionize Personalized Medicine
The final cost of the Human Genome Project has been estimated at approximately $2.7 billion. At the time, researchers predicted costs would need to fall significantly to enable routine genome sequencing and usher in a new era of personalized and predictive medicine. In late 2001, at a scientific retreat convened by the National Human Genome […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - March 18, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
A 50-cent microscope that folds like origami –
Perhaps you’ve punched out a paper doll or folded an origami swan? TED Fellow Manu Prakash and his team have created a microscope made of paper that’s just as easy to fold and use. A sparkling demo that shows how this invention could revolutionize healthcare in developing countries … and turn almost anything into a […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - March 18, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
A 50-cent microscope that folds like origami -
Perhaps you’ve punched out a paper doll or folded an origami swan? TED Fellow Manu Prakash and his team have created a microscope made of paper that’s just as easy to fold and use. A sparkling demo that shows how this invention could revolutionize healthcare in developing countries … and turn almost anything into a […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - March 18, 2014 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
An Equation to Describe the Competition Between Genes
In biology, scientists typically conduct experiments first, and then develop mathematical or computer models afterward to show how the collected data fit with theory. In his work, Rob Phillips flips that practice on its head. The Caltech biophysicist tackles questions in cellular biology as a physicist would—by first formulating a model that can make predictions […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - March 13, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
Researchers generate new neurons in brains, spinal cords of living adult mammals
UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers created new nerve cells in the brains and spinal cords of living mammals without the need for stem cell transplants to replenish lost cells. Although the research indicates it may someday be possible to regenerate neurons from the body’s own cells to repair traumatic brain injury or spinal cord damage […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - February 28, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
