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Stem Cell Breakthrough Could Lead to New Bone Repair Therapies On Nanoscale Surfaces
14.2.2013 | Press monitoring
Scientists at the University of Southampton have created a new method to generate bone cells which could lead to revolutionary bone repair therapies ...
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Combining Synthetic, Natural Toxins Could Disarm Cancer, Drug-Resistant Bacteria
13.2.2013 | Press monitoring
Cancer researchers from Rice University suggest that a new human-made drug that's already proven effective at killing cancer and drug-resistant bacteria ...
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Cell Circuits Remember Their History
12.2.2013 | Press monitoring
MIT engineers have created genetic circuits in bacterial cells that not only perform logic functions, but also remember the results ...
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Liver cancer survival time tripled by virus
11.2.2013 | Press monitoring
The virus used in the vaccine that helped eradicate smallpox is now working its magic on liver cancer.
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\'Zombie\' Cells May Outperform Live Ones as Catalysts and Conductors
8.2.2013 | Press monitoring
"Zombie" mammalian cells that may function better after they die have been created by researchers at Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico (UNM).
Sequencing hundreds of chloroplast genomes now possible
7.2.2013 | Press monitoring
Researchers at the University of Florida and Oberlin College have developed a sequencing method that will allow potentially hundreds of plant chloroplast genomes to be sequenced at once, facilitating studies of molecular biology and evolution in plants.
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3-D Printing Breakthrough With Human Embryonic Stem Cells
6.2.2013 | Press monitoring
A team of researchers from Scotland has used a novel 3D printing technique to arrange human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) for the very first time.
This Is What a Fish Thought Looks Like
5.2.2013 | Press monitoring
For the first time, researchers have been able to see a thought "swim" through the brain of a living fish. The new technology is a useful tool for studies of perception.
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Discovery in Synthetic Biology Takes Us a Step Closer to New \'Industrial Revolution\'
4.2.2013 | Press monitoring
Scientists report that they have developed a method that cuts down the time it takes to make new 'parts' for microscopic biological factories ...
Vegetarianism Can Reduce Risk of Heart Disease by Up to a Third
1.2.2013 | Press monitoring
The risk of hospitalisation or death from heart disease is 32% lower in vegetarians than people who eat meat and fish, according to a new study from the University of Oxford. The new findings, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, suggest that a vegetarian diet could significantly reduce people's risk of heart disease. Most...
