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Month: August 2011
Nano-thermometers show first temperature response differences within living cells
Using a modern version of open-wide-and-keep-this-under-your-tongue, scientists today reported taking the temperature of individual cells…
Research from Everest: Can leucine help burn fat and spare muscle tissue during exercise?
Research on Mt. Everest climbers is adding to the evidence that an amino acid called…
Controlling cells’ environments: A step toward building much-needed tissues and organs
With stem cells so fickle and indecisive that they make Shakespeare’s Hamlet pale by comparison,…
In cell culture, like real estate, the neighborhood matters
Ever since scientists first began growing human cells in lab dishes in 1952, they have…
Genome of mesopolyploid crop Brassica rapa sheds new light on the study of genome evolution
An international team of researchers comprising the Brassica rapa Genome Sequencing Project Consortium has completed…
Clinical importance of leukemia stem cells validated by new study
New research focuses on patients and shows that acute myeloid leukemia (AML) contains rare cells…
New roles emerge for non-coding RNAs in directing embryonic development
Scientists have discovered that a mysterious class of large RNAs plays a central role in…
Sutureless method for joining blood vessels invented
Reconnecting severed blood vessels is mostly done the same way today — with sutures —…
Remedies for science’s shortage of superheroes
One of the most serious personnel shortages in the global science and engineering workforce —…