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CDC Begins Search for Lab Safety Chief
January 2, 2024 4:29 pm | by Ryan Bushey, Associate Editor | CommentsThe CDC is creating this position after several embarrasing mishaps with hazardous material last year.
Reversing Aging Processes with One Protein: A 2014 Breakthrough
December 23, 2023 8:46 am | by Cynthia Fox, Science Writer | CommentsThe pioneering discovery that young blood—and in particular, a single blood protein called GDF11—can regenerate many organs was named by Science as one of the ten top breakthroughs of 2014.
Meet The Newest Surgeon General
December 22, 2023 10:15 am | by Ryan Bushey, Associate Editor | CommentsPresident Obama's pick for the position turned out to be controversial.
Unable to Prove Claims, “Acid Bath” Stem Cell Researcher Tenders Resignation
December 19, 2023 10:16 am | by Cynthia Fox, Science Writer | CommentsA young scientist from Harvard University and the Riken Institute, who claimed to make extraordinary stem cells from ordinary cells with acid, has failed to repeat her work.
10 Up-and-Coming Healthcare Medical Innovations
December 17, 2023 5:32 pm | by Christina Jakubowski, Managing Editor | CommentsThe Cleveland Clinic recently unveiled their annual Top 10 Medical Innovations for 2015– a list that casts an optimistic light on up-and-coming healthcare advances that may reach consumers next year.
Reading Leaves a Dramatic Imprint on the Brain
December 17, 2023 4:23 pm | by Cynthia Fox, Science Writer | CommentsA good book recreates the world so robustly that it activates some of the same brain regions that “everyday life” does, according to a recent PLOS One study. In the study, innovative MRI analyses of people reading a richly imaginative book showed movement of characters occurring in a brain region where others’ motions are processed in the real world.
Women in Cell Biology Award Winners Announced at ASCB Meeting
December 17, 2023 10:05 am | by Stephanie Guzowski, Editor, Drug Discovery & Development | CommentsThree exceptional women were given awards for their achievements and contributions to the scientific community at the 2014 ASCB (American Society for Cell Biology) meeting recently held in Philadelphia, Pa.
Going After Colon Cancer With Strep Bacteria
December 17, 2023 9:40 am | by Skip Derra, Contributing Writer | CommentsA novel therapeutic to fight colon cancer by using the bacteria primarily responsible for causing strep throat is being explored in the labs of John McCormick of the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
Imaging and Analysis with Flying Colors: Part Two
December 12, 2023 8:30 am | by Mark Clymer, Datacolor Inc., and Jerry Sedgewick, Imaging and Analysis | CommentsThe dictionary definition that a “picture is a representation of a person or scene” just doesn’t apply to those images produced in scientific research and from clinical specimens. It would be more accurate to describe these images in one word: artifact.
Predicting Alzheimer’s Disease With Blood Tests: Early Detection, Ethical Concerns
December 4, 2023 8:46 am | by Stephanie Guzowski, Editor, Drug Discovery & Development | CommentsIf you could take a blood test that could detect — with nearly 100% accuracy — whether you were genetically destined to get Alzheimer’s disease, would you take that test? Read more...
Forbes Healthcare Summit Focuses on the Future of Data
December 3, 2023 11:40 am | by Bioscience Technology Staff | CommentsForbes is hosting its annual healthcare summit this Thursday at Lincoln Center. The theme of this year’s gathering is “Smart Data Transforming Lives.” Read more...
Learning a Second Language: First-Rate Exercise for the Brain
December 3, 2023 8:30 am | by Bioscience Technology Staff | CommentsThe brain is so exquisitely sensitive to language that it only takes six weeks of learning Chinese for the neurons of English speakers to rewire. And those whose brains are fully bilingual are more facile at learning generally.
The Future of Treatments for Spinal Cord Injury
December 2, 2023 12:57 pm | by Christina Jakubowski, Managing Editor | CommentsThere may be hope to get millions of individuals with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI) moving again, according to research presented at Neuroscience 2014, the 44th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (SFN) in Washington, D.C.
New Studies Show Anxiety, Depression, Guilt Harm the Brain
November 26, 2023 8:30 am | by Bioscience Technology Staff | CommentsTwo studies in recent weeks have found that anxiety, depression and guilt can physically change and damage the brain from preschool through adulthood.
Cloning Pioneer Proposes Global Network of iPS Cell Banks
November 25, 2023 2:57 pm | by Cynthia Fox, Science Writer | CommentsIan Wilmut, father of the cloned Dolly the Sheep, is now proposing to father a global Induced Pluripotent Stem (iPS) cell handbook— to go with a proposed new global network of IPS cell haplobanks.
