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Scientific American July 2008 Sally Lehrman |
Dolly's Creator Moves Away from Cloning and Embryonic Stem Cells Like many stem cell pioneers, Ian Wilmut, the creator of Dolly the sheep, has jumped to an alternative approach. Is this the beginning of the end for embryonic cloning?  |
Popular Mechanics August 2008 |
5 Key Uses of Nematodes in Microscopic OR & Beyond With almost as many genes as humans and the ability to repair their nervous system, these roundworms could lead to human treatments for nerve damage.  |
Reactive Reports Issue 74 David Bradley |
Diabetes Sufferers Might Sing Mulberry Bush An extract of mulberry could offer an alternative for managing Type 2 diabetes  |
Chemistry World July 15, 2008 |
Raman Reveals DNA in Action Researchers at the University of Strathclyde, UK, have been able to use Raman spectroscopy to observe strands of DNA pairing up and falling apart by attaching them to silver nanoparticles.  |
Chemistry World July 14, 2008 Simon Hadlington |
Humans May Sense Light Through Skin A team of researchers from Europe and the US has shown that a type of protein molecule found in many different human tissues can respond to light.  |
Chemistry World July 8, 2008 Hayley Birch |
Yellow Fever Mosquito Takes Chemical Cues From Bacteria Bacterial chemicals that encourage female mosquitoes to lay eggs could help to stem the spread of mosquito-borne diseases like dengue and yellow fever, according to US scientists.  |
Scientific American July 2008 Christine Soares |
Looking at Yesterday's Genes for Tomorrow's Cures Resurrected "jumping gene" could deliver DNA.  |
Scientific American June 2008 John Rennie |
Takes Thoughts to Tango: Your Mind in Motion and More from July's SciAm Warm up the PET scanner for a Dance Dance Brain Revolution.  |
Scientific American June 2008 Melinda Wenner |
Jeremy Nicholson's Gut Instincts: Researching Intestinal Bacteria The body and its intestinal flora produce chemicals with hidden health information, Jeremy Nicholson has found. Someday treating disease may mean treating those bacteria.  |
Scientific American June 2008 Melinda Wenner |
How Cells Make Use of Random Biochemical Reactions New studies reveal how cells exploit biochemical randomness.  |
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