Biotech & pharma
Unusual transplant restores woman's voice
20 Jan 2011
MicroRNAs could increase the risk of amputation in diabetics
19 Jan 2011
New research has found that one of the smallest entities in the human genome, micro-RNA, could increase the risk of limb amputation in diabetic patients who have poor blood flow
Scientists show brain 'wiring' in babies
18 Jan 2011
Lab-on-a-chip invented for fast, inexpensive blood tests
13 Jan 2011
With the new lab-on-a-chip technology, a drop of blood is placed on a smaller than a credit card-sized plastic polymer cartridge through which it travels in tiny channels 500 microns wide to a detection site where it reacts with preloaded reagents enabling the sensor to detect certain biomarkers of disease
Stress can enhance ordinary, unrelated memories
05 Jan 2011
Researchers announce critical leukaemia stem cell discovery
01 Jan 2011
Suppression of beta-catenin in leukaemic stem cells is reported to have reduced leukaemic cell growth, delayed the onset of leukaemia and reversed the stem cells to a pre-leukaemic stage