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Chemistry World
April 7, 2009
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Cells get in line Magnetic nanoparticles that 'shepherd' cells into neat lines have been designed by American scientists.   |
HHMI Bulletin
May 2010
Sarah C.P. Williams |
Young Again Niche cells can reverse the aging of stem cells. |
Scientific American
January 2009
Charles Q. Choi |
Do White Blood Cells Make Cancer Deadly? The ability to spread underlies the killing power of cancer. The process occurs, John Pawelek thinks, when tumor cells fuse with white blood cells -- an idea that, if right, could yield new therapies |
HHMI Bulletin
May 2010
Sarah C.P. Williams |
Lab-Grown Liver New cell culture system solves problem of growing liver cells. |
Chemistry World
October 2, 2012
Fiona McKenzie |
Protein sorting within cells US scientists have used magnetic nanoparticles with specific ligands to latch on to and visualize specific proteins in living cells. |
Chemistry World
July 30, 2007
James Mitchell Crow |
Cell Transplant Hope for Diabetes Sufferers Iron-based 'magnetocapsules' of insulin-producing cells could help doctors use cell transplants to treat type I diabetes. |
Science News
November 18, 2000 |
TimeLine: November 15, 1930 Gas cells increase safety of new sky warrior... Tests on college girls show minute virus causes colds... Gravity tests on animals to anticipate space travel... |
BusinessWeek
June 13, 2005
Arlene Weintraub |
A Boost for Broken Hearts? The Institute of Regenerative Medicine in Barbados is convinced that stem cells from fetuses can repair cardiac damage. |
Popular Mechanics
December 16, 2008
Michael Milstein |
Bringing Stem Cells to War: Meet the Blood Pharmers Fresher blood is better than stale: It carries more oxygen and, when transfused into patients, speeds recovery. |
Chemistry World
February 9, 2012
Harriet Brewerton |
Pressurizing red blood cells for information Scientists in Canada have developed a method to study the changes in red blood cells caused by the most common malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. |
The Motley Fool
November 28, 2007
Brian Orelli |
Stem Your Expectations of Stem-Cell Discoveries Making "stem" cells out of skin cells isn't all it's cracked up to be. The recent discovery has a long way to go before it can catch up to the research currently being done with stem cells. |
Chemistry World
March 22, 2011
Amaya Camara-Campos |
Microfluidics to diagnose sleeping sickness Jonas Tegenfeldt from the University of Lund developed a microfluidic device that separates the parasites in this disease from the blood cells using their shape, because parasites and red blood cells are very difficult to separate by size. |
Popular Mechanics
January 28, 2010
Cassie Rodenberg |
Next-Gen Transplant Techniques Can Stop Organ Rejection About 77 organ transplants are performed each day in the U.S., and more than 101,000 people are on a wait list for body parts such as hearts, skin and veins, according to the Mayo Clinic. |
Chemistry World
January 26, 2011
Anna Watson |
Channelling deeper to target breast cancer US scientists have developed a model of the breast ductal system that could be used to discover abnormal cells or deliver drugs at locations further along the ducts than other techniques. The model fits on a slide, enabling on-chip experiments. |
Scientific American
November 2005
Charles Q. Choi |
Baby to Brain Mothers could literally always have their kids on their minds. Researchers find that in mice, cells from fetuses can migrate into a mother's brain and apparently develop into nervous system cells. |
Science News
July 15, 2006 |
Timeline: From the July 11, 1936, Issue Peltier Comet Becomes Visible to Eye on July 14... Stars Are Factories for Making Radiated Energy... Electricity of Blood Cells Enough to Light a Lamp... |
HHMI Bulletin
May 2011
Jim Schnabel |
Oxygen on the Brain An ancient cellular program to protect cells when oxygen is low seems crucial for the production of new brain cells. |
The Motley Fool
November 9, 2004
Charly Travers |
Are Stem Cells a Rule Breaker? Does the science offer real hope or just hype? Biotech investors take on enough risk in the normal course of drug development that they do not need to worry about whether or not the underlying technology even works. |
Science News
November 18, 2006 |
Timeline: From the November 14, 1936, issue Dust shows up like stars under modern instrument... Chemical warfare new hope in battle against disease... Intense sound vibrations age whiskey in 7 hours... |
Chemistry World
November 19, 2010
Philippa Ross |
Rise of the micro machines Microjet engines called microbots that can transport cells within a fluid to any desired location have been developed by German scientists. |
Chemistry World
April 13, 2011
Kate McAlpine |
Microrockets aim at cancer diagnostics Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, have made self-propelled microtube rockets that can find and capture cancer cells from blood samples. |
Scientific American
March 2009
Elaine Schattner |
A Chip against Cancer: Microfluidics Scrutinizes T Cells With just a blood sample, a device could determine whether cancer is about to spread or monitor the progress of treatment |
AskMen.com
Dave Golokhov |
Men And Skin Cancer Men are three times more likely to develop skin cancer than women. While that's not breaking news, scientists have struggled to figure out the reason why men are more susceptible, and there appears to be a breakthrough. |
Science News
March 4, 2006 |
From the February 29, 1936, issue Giant "raccoon-bears," displayed at museum... Organs kept alive in tubes to throw light on life... Most of light in night sky comes from sun, not stars... |
National Defense
March 2008
Grace V. Jean |
Creating the Body's Microenvironment to Grow Artificial Organs Scientists are using micro-electromechanical systems to grow artificial organs. |
BusinessWeek
May 24, 2004
Arlene Weintraub |
Want To Bank Your Own Stem Cells? One Los Angeles startup believes everyone should, to be ready when regenerative therapies start hitting the market |
The Motley Fool
August 31, 2007
Brian Orelli |
A Stem-Cell Primer Public funding from states could help companies doing stem cell research. Read about Geron, StemCells, Osiris Therapeutics, ViaCell and Invitrogen, companies that may profit from the increased public spending. |
Science News
September 29, 2007 |
Timeline: From the September 25, 1937, Issue Insulin Molecule Has Complicated Pattern... New Flaming Supernova; Second Within Fortnight... X Rays Kill Living Cells by Suffocation; Cancer Clue... |
Reactive Reports
Issue 64
David Bradley |
Stem to Sperm New research shows that stem cells from human bone marrow can be converted into early-stage sperm. The discovery could lead to novel fertility treatments in the long-term. |
Science News
December 2, 2006 |
Timeline: From the November 28, 1936, issue Commonplace transformed into beauty by frost... Behavior of living cells linked to mathematics... |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2007
Morgen E. Peck |
Imperceptible Vibrations Slow Weight Gain New research by engineers and scientists show how low-level mechanical signals inhibit fat-cell production in mice. |
Chemistry World
May 9, 2008
Simon Hadlington |
All-in-one gene detection on a chip Scientists in Singapore have invented a tiny machine that can rapidly prepare, purify and genetically analyse blood or other biological samples in less than 20 minutes. |
Chemistry World
August 15, 2007
John Bonner |
Chemists Claim Biological Alchemy South Korean chemists say they have turned muscle cells from the sole of a human foot into something akin to stem cells, using a simple molecule called neurodazine. |
HHMI Bulletin
Aug 2010
Richard Saltus |
Three-Dimensional Cell Cultures Thinking big but starting small, Sangeeta Bhatia is closing in on her ambitious goal: growing human livers in the lab from scratch. |
Chemistry World
February 4, 2011
Harriet Brewerton |
Transplant tracking Magnetic nanoparticles could be used to track neural stem cells after a transplant in order to monitor how the cells heal spinal injuries, say UK scientists. |
BusinessWeek
September 23, 2010
Rob Waters |
Stem Cells That Save Big Pharma a Bundle Drugmakers hope to save big by using stem cells to test drugs for dangerous side effects long before costly human trials are needed. |
The Motley Fool
August 27, 2007
Brian Orelli |
Repairing a Broken Heart Stem cells may be the new cure. If research continues on track, Geron expects to ask FDA to start clinical trials late next year or in early 2009. Investors, take note. |
Chemistry World
July 1, 2012
Mellisae Fellet |
3D printed sugar network to feed engineered organs US researchers can build vessels into a cell-containing gel -- the beginnings of a thick tissue. Scientists form the gel around a lattice of printed sugar fibers. The fibers dissolve after the gel sets, leaving a network of channels that carry nutrients like blood vessels. |
BusinessWeek
June 27, 2005
Arlene Weintraub |
Stem Cells To Go ViaCell's goal is to mass-produce stem cells from umbilical cord blood. |
Chemistry World
May 5, 2011
Simon Hadlington |
Revolutionary new single-cell labelling method Researchers in the US and Canada have combined mass spectrometry with a technique called flow cytometry to follow dozens of biochemical markers on individual cells simultaneously. |
Chemistry World
March 16, 2009
Hayley Birch |
Nanodumbbells Target Cancer Cells US scientists have designed nanoparticles that function like 'guided missiles' in the targeted destruction of breast cancer cells. |
Scientific American
July 2008
Charles Q. Choi et al. |
News Scan Briefs: Eating with Tension, Cancerous Marriage, Milk and Diabetes News items from ecology, oncology, immunology, and news about privacy concerns |
Chemistry World
October 7, 2012
David Bradley |
Magnetic nanoparticles zap cancer Nanoparticles can be used as a remote-controlled magnetic death switch to kill cancer cells, according to researchers from Korea. |
Popular Mechanics
November 27, 2007
Alex Hutchinson |
Stem Cells 2.0: Beyond the Hype, Engineers Look to Build Fast Engineers play the important role of making lab bench discoveries reproducible and efficient for use in industry. |
Chemistry World
September 18, 2006
Michael Gross |
Iron Chelates Beat Cancer Cancer cells need more iron than normal body cells to sustain their abnormally rapid growth. Researchers have now identified one particularly potent chelate complex that helps deplete tumors of iron. |
