cell Archive
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Stanford Scientists Transform Leukaemia Cells into Harmless Immune Cells
Posted on April 1, 2015 | 1 CommentA chance observation in a lab at Stanford University has led to the discovery of a novel new method that can convert leukaemia cells into […] -
DNA Survives Critical Entry into Earth’s Atmosphere
Posted on December 29, 2014 | No CommentsThis week, DNA carried on a flight through space and back to Earth was found to remain, for the most part, intact and capable of […] -
DNA Nanostructures Target Drugs to Cancer Cells
Posted on October 20, 2014 | 1 CommentUsing a self-assembling DNA nanostructure, biomedical engineers at the University of North Carolina have developed a novel method for delivering drugs directly to cancer cells. […] -
Efficient Light-Harvesting Framework Uses Photosynthetic Bacterium-Based Design
Posted on November 10, 2013 | No CommentsScientists from Japan have developed a hybrid biomimetic light-harvesting framework which involves many light-absorbing molecules, spread out over a large surface area, focusing their harvested […] -
Renewable Energy? Just Click Print
Posted on June 5, 2013 | 1 CommentThe world of 3D printing has always been an undoubted technology of tomorrow, ‘molecular assemblers’ are one of the oldest stereotypes science fiction has to […] -
New Combination of Treatments Could Help Combat Deadly Melanoma
Posted on December 23, 2012 | No CommentsScientists at Manchester University may have identified a new way of treating deadly melanoma cancer. They discovered that MITF (a protein which helps cells to […] -
Discovery of Microbes which Reduce Levels of Harmful Greenhouse Gas
Posted on November 26, 2012 | No CommentsRising carbon dioxide emissions may be commonly held up as being responsible for the fate of our planet, but nitrous oxide actually poses a much […] -
Neuron research leads to the discovery of a nerve cell’s internal clock
Posted on November 26, 2012 | No CommentsCanadian researchers at the Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal (IRCM) have recently discovered more about the workings of a nerve cell’s internal clock, which […] -
Drug to block enzyme could lead to nerve cell repair in multiple sclerosis
Posted on November 5, 2012 | No CommentsAreas of damage in the brain that cause multiple sclerosis (MS) and other neurological conditions could soon begin to be repaired by hindering one key […] -
Divergence of flycatcher species understood through genetic mapping
Posted on October 28, 2012 | No CommentsBiologists are one step closer to understanding why one species of living organisms can be so different from another, despite common ancestry. Looking into species […]