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Interesting bits about the universe and the biological phenomenon we call life.
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Stem cells shown to repair liver after transplantation
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Theoretically, stem cells should be able to regenerate all damaged tissues in our body. Basically every organ has its own mature stem cells...
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Saturday, February 23, 2013
Cold genes promote longer life
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It has been known for quite some time that cold blooded animals live longer when they are in a cold environment. Apparently, a cold tempera...
Higgs boson to explain why universe may collapse
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In order to understand the unimaginable vastness of the universe and its mysterious behaviour, it is necessary to study the smallest entiti...
Friday, February 22, 2013
Engineers make functional human ears with 3D printer
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3D printers have rapidly gained interest from both scientists as well as the general public. Hailed as machines that can make everything, t...
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Tuning gene expression up and down in individual cells
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Control of biological mechanisms starts with modifying the action of genes. Genetics provides the blueprint for the production of all the c...
Sunday, February 10, 2013
First bionic eye now available for sale
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Blindness has been impossible to cure for a very long time. More recently, we have begun to understand how the eye turns light into the ele...
Creating organs by printing stem cells
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Because of a lack of donors it is highly necessary to find an alternative source of organs that can be used for transplantation. Recent stu...
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