Using somatic cell nuclear transfer, a team of scientists has created the first disease-specific embryonic…
Month: April 2014
Fungus implicated in potato blight
For the first time, scientists have identified the existence in Álava-Araba of the two sexual…
Egyptologists identify tomb of royal children
Who had the privilege to spend eternal life next to the pharaoh? Close to the…
‘Gaydar’: Are women better at spotting one of their own?
Previous research has proven the ‘gaydar’ to be a real phenomenon. Reliable predictions of sexual…
New method to analyze how cancer cells die
The number of cells within tissue is controlled through apoptosis — a process where cells…
Potential new strategy to treat ovarian cancer discovered
A potential new strategy to treat ovarian cancer has been identified by researchers. Recently developed…
Toll of trampoline fractures on children is high
Trampoline accidents sent an estimated 288,876 people, most of them children, to hospital emergency departments…
Water test for the world: Simple pill brings lab to water to test for contamination
The problem of cumbersome, painfully slow water-testing has been solved by researchers who have turned…
Origin of Huntington’s disease found in brain; insights to help deliver therapy
The gene mutation that causes Huntington’s disease appears in every cell in the body, yet…
The scent of a man: Gender of experimenter has big impact on rats’ stress levels, explains lack of replication of some findings
Scientists’ inability to replicate research findings using mice and rats has contributed to mounting concern…