Thursday, January 31, 2013

LED bandage is a personal treatment for skin cancer

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Cancer treatment is intense and often results in severe side effects because anti-cancer drugs or radiotherapy can be quite toxic. For skin...
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Saturday, January 26, 2013

Functional tractor beam created

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A tractor beam is something that most of us will know from science fiction, such as Star Trek or Star Wars. It is classified as a beam that...

Why the heart is different between men and women

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Men and women are different at heart; not figuratively, but literally. It is known that there are functional differences between the physio...
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Thursday, January 24, 2013

Injecting proteins and molecules in cells by squeezing

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For many diseases the underlying mechanism or pathology can be explained by looking at the behaviour of cells. Because groups of cells form...
Monday, January 21, 2013

Scientists find entirely new DNA structure

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All life forms on earth are based on DNA, the building blocks that hold the information that cells need to produce the necessary proteins t...
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Sunday, January 20, 2013

Loneliness harms our ability to fight off infections

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Scientists have found a relationship between being lonely and the performance of the immune system. It was already known that factors such...
Saturday, January 19, 2013

Bacteria help to prevent diabetes

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It is true that micro-organisms such as bacteria have a bad image, as they are the cause of various nasty diseases and discomfort. On the o...