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Nanotech robots deliver gene therapy through blood
(Reuters) - U.S. researchers have developed tiny nanoparticle robots that can travel through a patient's blood and into tumors where they deliver a therapy that turns off an important cancer gene.
1 comment | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/22 5:59pm
1 comment | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/22 5:59pm New drug may treat type 2 diabetes
Mumbai, March 17: Scientists have now discovered a new oral drug than can successfully lower down blood sugar levels and inflammation in type 2 diabetics. This study appears online and is scheduled for later print publication in the Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/17 5:15pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/17 5:15pm
Biology's 'bad boy' revels in pushing boundaries
''Anybody that is pushing the forefront of science is considered controversial,'' he said in Melbourne yesterday. ''Science by nature is very conservative, but the only way you move boundaries and make new discoveries is by trying new approaches.''
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/17 5:15pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/17 5:15pmNew study to show how our body clock controls disease
New treatments for inflammatory lung diseases and a host of other conditions could be developed following a study into the impact of circadian rhythms – or body clock – at The University of Manchester.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/17 5:13pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/17 5:13pm
Tiger Woods and Sex Addiction: Real Disease or Easy Excuse?
There's good reason to believe that people can be physically and psychologically addicted to specific substances (such as drugs). The idea that people can be addicted to specific behaviors (such as gambling) is also widely accepted.
But can a person be addicted to sex?
1 comment | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 02/24 9:25am
1 comment | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 02/24 9:25amNew Seattle Nonprofit Plans Big Role in Biology
A new nonprofit in Seattle aims to revolutionize medicine. The vision is to create a global network for sharing data about DNA and diseases. The organization just got a vote of confidence in its approach from the National Cancer Institute.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 02/24 9:09am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 02/24 9:09amAlabama professor Bishop described as shy, ambitious, and could retaliate
The University of Alabama in Huntsville faculty member charged in the shooting deaths of three colleagues earlier this month was shy, but ambitious, and wanted fame, The Boston Globe reports. Amy Bishop also had discrepancies on her resume, that newspaper reports.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 02/22 6:44pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 02/22 6:44pmBreakthrough could alter dementia treatments
Skin cells have been transformed into nerve cells in research that could prove a "huge leap forward" for the treatment of dementia.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 02/09 11:25am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 02/09 11:25amBiology counts in loving relationships
When it comes to a healthy relationship, some biological facts can help you build one. Here's what to know before you dive fully into a relationship...
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 02/09 11:24am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 02/09 11:24am
PBS Kids' teaches biology in an online game
Parents and teachers looking for a way to make learning biology fun for kids can find it in an outstanding free online game called Lifeboat to Mars.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 02/09 11:24am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 02/09 11:24amBionanotechnology - Combining Nanotechnology with Biology
If we define nanotechnology as the application of materials and devices with characteristic (i.e. property determining) length scales between 1 and 100nm to the development of new products and processes; then bionanotechnology is its interface with biological systems.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 02/09 11:23am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 02/09 11:23amA Neuroscientist Studying the Structure of Dog Brains
At his Princeton laboratory, Samuel Wang is searching for basic information on how the brains of humans and dogs work.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 02/09 11:22am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 02/09 11:22am
Green sea slugs use plant genes to live on sunlight
The creature, which makes its own chlorophyll, incorporates algae genes into its system and retains chloroplasts for photosynthesis. The finding may have uses in genetic engineering and therapies.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 01/19 4:09am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 01/19 4:09am
Bizarre biology
A curious mixture of modern art and biology, the artist from Berlin has created more than 100 examples of various organisms, made from plastic, silicone, rubber, epoxy resin and PVC.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 01/19 3:42am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 01/19 3:42am