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9/2/10
| News
A “game-changing” technique using near infrared light enables scientists to look deeper into the guts of cells, potentially opening up a new frontier in the fights against cancer and many other diseases. University of Central Florida chemists used near infrared light and fluorescent dye to take pictures of cells and tumors deep within tissue.
Sep 1 | News
Purdue
University researchers
have developed a new type of pump for drug-delivery patches that might
use
arrays of microneedles to deliver a wider range of medications than now
possible with conventional patches.
Aug 26 | News
While people across the country have been sickened by a
recent outbreak of salmonella poisoning possibly linked to eggs from
Iowa producers, a Purdue University
food scientist believes the poultry industry could implement a rapid egg
cooling technology to reduce future outbreaks.
4 hours ago | News
A long-term study published in JAMA of women with a genetic predisposition for breast or ovarian cancer showed that those who elected preventive surgeries had a significantly reduced risk of those cancers.The study confirms the view of researcher Dr. Gail Tomlinson at the University of...
9 hours ago | News
Desmond Lun, an associate professor of computer science at Rutgers University-Camden, is researching how to alter the genetic makeup of E. coli to produce biodiesel fuel derived from fatty acids.
9 hours ago | News
Dr. Dariusz Malinowski is seeing blue, and he is very excited. For four years, Malinowski, an AgriLife Research plant physiologist and forage agronomist in Vernon, has been working with collaborators Steve Brown of the Texas Foundation Seed and Dr. William Pinchak and Shane Martin with...
13 hours ago | News
A large international study aimed at improving the care of muscular dystrophy patients worldwide is being launched by physicians, physical therapists, and researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center, along with counterparts at 41 other institutions around the world. The...
Sep 2 | News
People who take many bone-strengthening drugs for several years may have a slightly higher risk of esophageal cancer, a new study says.British researchers analyzed the records of nearly 3,000 people with esophageal cancer and compared each case to five other similar people who didn't have the...
Sep 2 | News
As part of its ongoing campaign to raise awareness for breast cancer
prevention, Medline Industries, Inc., the nation's largest privately
held manufacturer and distributor of medical supplies, today announced
the launch of its new "Pink Pearl" powder-free nitrile exam glove. To
aid the...
Sep 2 | News
The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology expressed its disapproval and disappointment this week in response to the Aug. 23 court ruling that temporarily bars federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research.
Sep 2 | News
The academic performance of adolescents will suffer in at least one of four key subjects -- English, math, science, history -- if their DNA contains one or more of three specific dopamine gene variations, according to a study led by renowned biosocial criminologist Kevin M. Beaver of the...
Sep 2 | News
The old joke is a joke no more. In a special September issue of the ASCB's online journal, CBE-Life Sciences Education, the adage that biology is for science students who don't do math is laid to rest forever. "Bio-math" or "math-bio" is the future for students of both disciplines, say...
Sep 2 | News
Sugar, salt, alcohol and a little serendipity led Northwestern University researchers to discover a new class of nanostructures that could be used for gas storage and food and medical technologies. And the compounds are edible. The porous crystals are the first known all-natural...