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10 human diseases replicated in lab with new stem cell lines

August 8th, 2008 - 1:00 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, August 8 (ANI): Scientists have achieved a significant breakthrough in creating in the lab a set of new stem cell lines that can make it possible to explore 10 different ...

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Bacteria, not influenza, were real killers in 1918 flu pandemic

August 5th, 2008 - 4:19 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Aug 5 (ANI): A new study has concluded that bacteria, not influenza viruses, killed most people in the 1918 flu epidemic. For the study, John Brundage, a medical microbiologist at the ...

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Chip to make instant home test for illness possible

July 25th, 2008 - 3:14 pm ICT by IANS -
Washington, July 25 (IANS) A new tool "lab-on-a-chip" would make a new generation of instant home tests possible for illnesses, food contaminants and toxic gases in the near future. These portable, efficient ...

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Soon, new home lab-on-a-chip kit for checking illnesses, food contaminants

July 25th, 2008 - 1:42 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington , July 25 (ANI): University of Michigan engineers are seeking to develop a "lab-on-a-chip" kit that people can assemble on their own. The simple 16-piece kit brings microfluidic devices to the ...

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‘Nanohorns’ could push immune system into action

June 20th, 2008 - 3:16 pm ICT by ANI -
London, June 20 (ANI): A team of French and Italian researchers has claimed that nanohorns, a cone-shaped variety of carbon nanotubes, have the ability to trigger an immune response to fight ...

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Scientists reprogram mature B cells to embryonic-stem-cell-like state (Re-Issue)

April 20th, 2008 - 4:22 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, April 20 (ANI): A new study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) suggests that it is possible to reprogram fully mature, differentiated B cells to an embryonic-stem-cell-like state, without ...

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Scientists reprogram mature B cells to embryonic-stem-cell-like state

April 19th, 2008 - 4:53 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, April 19 (ANI): A new study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) suggests that it is possible to reprogram fully mature, differentiated B cells to an embryonic-stem-cell-like state, without ...

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Rare genetic disease mutation protects against malaria

April 17th, 2008 - 2:59 pm ICT by admin -
London, Apr 17 (ANI): The mutation that causes the rare genetic disease pyruvate kinase deficiency protects against malaria, states a new study. Approximately 1 in 20,000 people have two copies of a ...

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Predator-prey interaction recreated using bacteria

April 14th, 2008 - 3:59 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, April 14 (ANI): Bioengineers have recreated the predator-prey interaction in a Petri dish with lowly bacteria using fluorescent microscopy. Developed by a Duke University bioengineer, along with colleagues at Caltech, Stanford ...

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