What if Humans were Designed to Last?
Posted in Bionics on Mar 5th, 2007
An article in The Scientist asks several academics how we could make our lives longer and more healthy by engineering ourselves:
The Scientist
Archive for March, 2007
Cloning special: Dolly: a decade on
Posted in Animal Biotechnology, Cloning on Mar 5th, 2007
Ten years ago, the birth of Dolly the sheep sparked a media frenzy and a prolonged ethical debate. Today, the arguments have switched focus to stem cells, and the research itself is beginning to change tack.
Nature
Multipotent embryonic cardiac progenitor cells implicated in cardiogenesis
Posted in Stem Cells on Mar 5th, 2007
There are two distinct populations of cardiac progenitor cells; one of these populations, which contributes to the formation of the outflow tract, right ventricle, portions of the left ventricle and the atria, is characterized by the expression of the transcription factor islet-1 (isl1). Whether different cardiovascular cell types arise from distinct precursor cells or from [...]
Gasification May Be Key to U.S. Ethanol
Posted in Bioenergy on Mar 4th, 2007
Gasification, not just corn, could play big role in ethanol’s future, some scientists say
CBS News
Bio-artists bridge gap between arts, science
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 4th, 2007
Bio-artists use live tissues, bacteria, living organisms and life processes to create works of art that blur the traditional distinctions between science art. The growing field is attracting scientists - and controversy.
MSNBC.com
ONCOLOGY: Recruiting the Cell’s Own Guardian for Cancer Therapy
Posted in Human Genome on Mar 4th, 2007
Reactivating the p53 tumor suppressor has given promising results in mice, reversing and even temporarily eradicating some tumors.
Science
SKIN BIOLOGY: Why I Have Red Hair, Need to Avoid the Sun, and Shouldn’t Comm…
Posted in Human Genome on Mar 4th, 2007
Redheads almost always have two alleles encoding defective MC1R proteins; such alleles are rare in those with dark hair and even rarer in those who tan well.
Science