Employment insurance is a vital safety net for the unemployed across North America, yet some…
Month: January 2013
Ethical dilemmas in social network-based research
The growing trend towards conducting research on youths as they use social networking sites like…
3-D biomimetic scaffolds support regeneration of complex tissues from stem cells
Stem cells can be grown on biocompatible scaffolds to form complex tissues such as bone,…
A snapshot of pupfish evolution
One biologist has bred more than 3,000 hybrid fish in his time as a graduate…
Helping patients navigate new cancer drugs
As cancer treatment in pill form transforms how care is delivered, a new study underscores…
Study points to a safer, better test for chromosomal defects in the fetus
A noninvasive, sequencing-based approach for detecting chromosomal abnormalities in the developing fetus is safer and…
Regulating single protein prompts fibroblasts to become neurons
Repression of a single protein in ordinary fibroblasts is sufficient to directly convert the cells…
Next steps in potential stem cell therapy for diabetes: Study looks at differentiation of hESCs in endocrine cell progression
Researchers looked at the differences and similarities between two types of hESC-derived endocrine cell populations…
New insights into HIV vaccine will improve drug development
Four years ago, a potential HIV vaccine showed promise against the virus that causes AIDS,…
Cancer scientists determine mechanism of one of the most powerful tumor-suppressor proteins, Chd5
Researchers have solved the mystery of how one of the most powerful of the body’s…