Researchers take step toward developing ‘universal’ flu vaccine
Every year, the approach of flu season sets off a medical guessing game, with life or death consequences. There are many different strains of flu, and they vary from year to year. So each season, health authorities must make an educated guess and tell manufacturers which variants of the flu their vaccines should target. Even […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - January 16, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
Breast Cancer Treatment and Pregnancy
Breast cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the breast. The breast is made up of lobes and ducts. Each breast has 15 to 20 sections called lobes, which have many smaller sections called lobules. The lobes and lobules are connected by thin tubes called ducts. Anatomy of […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - January 16, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
Immunology in the Gut Mucosa
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Source: Biosingularity - January 14, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
How Our Minds Went Viral
Did viruses help make us human? As weird as it sounds, the question is actually a reasonable one to ask. And now scientists have offered some evidence that the answer may be yes. If you’re sick right now with the flu or a cold, the viruses infecting you are just passing through. They invade your […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - January 14, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
▶ Atherosclerosis
This 3d medical animation illustrates the story of how the buildup of cholesterol plaque causes a heart attack (myocardial infarction) from a blocked coronary artery due to atherosclerosis, which is chronic inflammation of the blood vessels. Beginning with damage to the endothelial arterial wall, the animation shows how a white blood cell entering the wall […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - January 14, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
With Help of Victims From 1849, Scientists Decode Early Strain of Cholera
Using bits of human intestine stored in a Philadelphia medical museum in 1849, scientists have decoded the genes of an early form of cholera, the deadly diarrheal disease that first swept the globe just a few decades earlier. The disease is still a lethal menace, as was shown in Haiti four years ago, when an […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - January 14, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
▶ Targeting olfaction: Peter Mombaerts at TEDxBrussels
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Source: Biosingularity - January 14, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
