Researchers have developed a new class of platinum-based anti-tumor drugs that animal studies have shown…
Month: February 2009
Animals Successfully Relearn Smell Of Kin After Hibernation
Animals can re-establish their use of smell to detect siblings, even following an interruption such…
Job Hunters: Mind Your Tech Manners
If there’s any small solace when starting a job search in this recession, it’s the…
Google dismisses ‘Atlantis find’
The Lost City of Atlantis is still lost – despite hopes that Google Earth had…
Parents ‘Avoid Pregnancy’ Rather Than Face Testing Choices
Parents of children with genetic conditions may avoid the need to choose whether to undergo…
Cracking The Species Code For Plants
A recent article searches for one or more short pieces of DNA code that could…
IL-2 Immunotherapy Fails To Benefit HIV-infected Individuals Already Taking Antiretrovirals
Providing a synthetic form of the immune system protein interleukin-2 to HIV-infected individuals already taking…
View Into The Human Body: The Formation Of Cell Organelles
Peroxisomes, multifaceted functional units within cells, fulfil the most diverse of tasks. In human beings,…
Cell Injections Accelerate Fracture Healing
Long bone fractures heal faster after injections of bone-building cells. New research has shown that…
New Silver-based Nanoparticle Ink Could Lead To Better Flexible, Printed Electronics
A new ink, composed of silver nanoparticles, can be used in electronic and optoelectronic applications…