‘Stressed’ Stem Cell Breakthrough
Researchers have transformed specialized cells into an embryonic-like state simply by stressing them out a bit—an unexpected finding that may offer an easier route for treating diseases with patient-specific stem cells. Stem cells that can become all other tissue types are typically obtained in two ways. One requires the destruction of an embryonic clone of […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - January 29, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
3D Imaging of Live Cells
New Technique Shows Living Cells In 3-D A new method of creating 3-D images of living cells without disturbing them promises to open an unprecedented view into how they operate. University of Illinois engineers say the technique, called white-light diffraction tomography, will let researchers watch cellular processes as they unfold, the effects of drugs and […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - January 29, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
From DNA to Protein
via ▶ From DNA to Protein – YouTube. (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - January 25, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
Angioplasty and its revolutionary impact over 50 years
In the 1960s patients with a blocked artery would have required major open surgery and a hospital stay of a week or more. Half a century on, patients are treated in a matter of hours and return home the same day – and it\’s all thanks to the angioplasty procedure. Dr Duncan Ettles, president of […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - January 21, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
Neural prosthesis restores behavior after brain injury
Scientists from Case Western Reserve University and University of Kansas Medical Center have restored behavior—in this case, the ability to reach through a narrow opening and grasp food—using a neural prosthesis in a rat model of brain injury. Ultimately, the team hopes to develop a device that rapidly and substantially improves function after brain injury […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - January 19, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
‘Beige’ cells key to healthy fat
“Beige fat” cells found in healthy subcutaneous fat in mice play a critical role in protecting the body from the disease risks of obesity, report researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, who say their study findings may have implications for therapy of obesity-related illness in humans. A report in the journal Cell suggests that the presence […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - January 18, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
Obesity and Diabetes: Why There Is No Obesity Paradox
Recent studies suggesting that heavier people with diabetes have lower death rates than normal weight patients may be a myth. A strong body of research shows that being overweight or obese puts people at risk for chronic conditions like heart disease, diabetes, cancer and even early death. But several small studies connecting obesity to a […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - January 16, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
Epigenetics: A timeline
Researchers are clarifying epigenetic intricacies such as missing heritability, disease markers, methylated proteins, and imprinted genes. Learn about the history of epigenetics in this timeline spanning 130 years. (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - January 16, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Animation Gene regulation Genetics Genome Source Type: blogs
