Looking for secrets to drug addiction
29 September, 2010A US study aims to look for dependency biomarkers in the blood that will indicate current and past use and abuse of illicit drugs. On top of that the study would like to find indicators identifying people who may be prone to abuse drugs in the future.
Efficient Transfection of shRNA-encoding Plasmids into Mammalian Neurons
07 September, 2010Transfection methods are widely used to study miscellaneous aspects of cell biology.
Rapid, Fluorescence-based Assessment of in vitro Mineralization Using the New OsteoImage Mineralization Assay
07 September, 2010 by Marjorie Smithhisler and Katie Renn, Lonza Walkersville, Inc.Bone is a rigid, yet dynamic organ that is continuously molded, shaped, and repaired. Old bone is degraded by osteoclasts and replaced with new bone by osteoblasts, a process called remodeling or bone turnover.
The reality of human stem cell research in Europe
06 September, 2010 byA new report from the European Science Foundation examines the key scientific questions for human stem cell research in the context of the rapidly emerging field of regenerative medicine. It explores the current ethical concerns, particularly with clinical application, and analyses how the legislative landscape has altered in Europe within the previous six years.
Consumers need protection from unrealistic claims of home genetic tests
20 August, 2010Direct-to-consumer genetic tests provide access to a person’s genomic information without necessarily involving a doctor or insurance company in the process. Sadly, there is no guarantee that the consumer is aware of the limitations or implications of the tests.
The mathematics of fat cell formation
18 August, 2010Scientists using mathematics to try to determine what causes the birth of a human fat cell have come up with a few predictions about the proteins that influence this process.
Alzheimer research breakthrough
26 July, 2010Researchers from the University of Sydney's Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease Laboratory have achieved a breakthrough by finding the causes of Alzheimer's disease at a cellular level and thereby identifying a potential therapy as a result.
Scientists design new delivery device for gene therapy
13 July, 2010A self-destructing nanoparticle delivers genetic material deep into cells without generating an immune response.
Proteins may point to alcohol use test
06 July, 2010 byMeasuring a set of protein changes in the blood linked to alcohol use may potentially lead to a more accurate diagnostic test than those currently available.
Melbourne pathology to use microbiology system
02 July, 2010Melbourne Pathology will be the first Australian laboratory to acquire PREVI Isola, based on LBT Innovations MicroStreak technology for automated agar plate streaking in microbiology laboratories.
Blood test to predict the age when women will hit the menopause
30 June, 2010Researchers at the Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in Tehran have found that a single blood test may be used to accurately deterimine at what age women will reach the menopause.
Safe smoking and tobacco industry funding of genetic research
29 June, 2010The tobacco industry's funding of genetic research could potentially be used to shift responsibility for cancer from smoking to an individual’s genetic make-up.
Researchers discover mechanism that limits scar formation
15 June, 2010Senescent cells in wounds appear to have the biological effect of inhibiting the formation of excess scar tissue.
Rapid, effective system for monitoring mosquito-borne disease
11 June, 2010A University of Western Australia researcher has exploited mosquitoes' love of honey to develop a rapid and effective method for monitoring mosquito-borne disease.
Did the end of smallpox vaccination cause the explosive spread of HIV?
19 May, 2010Researchers suggest that the end of smallpox vaccination in the mid-20th century may have caused a loss of protection that contributed to the rapid contemporary spread of HIV.
