Biological Designs Worth Imitating
April 20, 2017
...stem cells to grow where you want them is a challenge. Phys.org explains how some scientists are succeeding with plant materials. In the process, the scientists make a good statement...
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Tick Talk: Mammal Blood Found in Amber
April 5, 2017
...Preserved Red Blood Cells (Tia Ghose in Live Science): “A blood-engorged tick that was trapped in amber at least 20 million years ago contained perfectly preserved red blood cells, likely...
Stem Cell Headlines
March 15, 2017
...embryos is ethically troublesome. Adult stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) offer ethical workarounds for embryonic stem cells in most cases. Here’s what’s developing on the stem cell...
Stem Cell Digest
February 10, 2017
...In conclusion, CMMPs act as ‘synthetic stem cells’ which mimic the paracrine and biointerfacing activities of natural stem cells in therapeutic cardiac regeneration. Small RNA-directed epigenetic programming of embryonic stem...
Oldest Dinosaur Blood Reported
January 31, 2017
...were probably derived from the iron rich blood cells of the living dinosaur, and would have provided the internal environment for the preservation of collagen. Lacunae, where adult bone cells...
Adult Stem Cells Eliminate Need for Embryo Killing
January 16, 2017
...of damaged valves.” That these are not embryonic stem cells is clear from a paper in the journal Stem Cells referred to in the press release: “Stem cells evaluated in...
Scientists Paranoid about Losing Access to Baby Body Parts
January 15, 2017
...that this attack will be renewed. We Want Our Embryonic Stem Cells! Speaking of embryonic stem cells, Nature‘s Editors never stopped lusting for those, either, even though ethically-safe induced pluripotent...
Big Science Leans Pro-Death
January 3, 2017
...back the clock.” Yes, let us all make progress toward the death of personhood! But why even play with ESC’s (embryonic stem cells) when adult cells can be induced back...
Year-End Biomimetics Parade
December 31, 2016
...cells? (Nature Scientific Reports). Believe it or not, the seemingly useless debris from rice farming is finding a new use in solar power technology. “The morphology, structure and texture studies...
Big Science Blind to Its Political Bias
December 27, 2016
...money for unlimited research on embryonic stem cells, three-parent babies, aborted baby body parts – the whole works (see Science Magazine‘s tidbit about limitations on fetal tissue research from Planned...
Small Molecules Play Key Roles in Cells
December 26, 2016
...role in modulating the activity of the mTORC1 protein complex, which is a critical sensor of nutrient availability within cells.” The mTORC1 protein is a key target for understanding cancer’s...
Reasons for Thanksgiving in Your Body Cells
November 23, 2016
...enjoy a little basketball, baseball or football before dinner, be thankful that you have tiny scavenger cells that go around repairing microruptures in your muscle cells. First, the cells create...
Planning Your Next Revolutionary Invention
October 22, 2016
...the study of biological and other natural forms: shapes of plants, micro-organisms (e.g.: cells, bacteria and diatoms), small animals (e.g.: starfish), crystals, etc. Soft robots that mimic human muscles (Science...
Adult Stem Cells Continue to Promote Healing
October 15, 2016
...future,” Eirini P. Papapetrou looks back over the decade since the discovery that adult and induced stem cells can work as alternatives to the ethically-controversial embryonic stem cells: Ten years...
Inspiring Life Motivates Designers
September 17, 2016
Here’s the latest collection of bio-inspired designs brought to you by plants, animals, and cells. Speedy snail insulin (PhysOrg): We think of snails as among the slowest of animals, but...