Items tagged with cell

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'Curse of Silence' Smartphone Flaw Disclosed Saturday, January 3rd, 2009 - 18:35:50 - Anuradha Menon A denial-of-service attack that limits the number of SMS messages that can be received by Nokia smartphones has been disclosed and demonstrated... read more

Researching Autoimmunity-Inducing Cells Monday, December 29th, 2008 - 17:58:14 - Ehud Rattner It's not just patients with autoimmune diseases like lupus and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) that have self-attacking immune cells — healthy people have... read more

Rat Embryonic Stem Cells Created Thursday, December 25th, 2008 - 17:50:44 - Ehud Rattner Genetically engineered rats should follow soon, providing new models of human disease. Rat pluripotent stem cells - the essential ingredient for... read more

Reprogramming Skin Cells for Drugs Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008 - 18:12:09 - Ehud Rattner Skin cells from a patient with a genetic disease called spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) have been reprogrammed into stem cells that can be used as a... read more

Single Virus Used to Convert Adult Cells Saturday, December 20th, 2008 - 14:23:56 - Ehud Rattner Whitehead Institute researchers have greatly simplified the creation of so-called induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, cutting the number of viruses... read more

Nanotubes Sniff Out Cancer Agents Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 - 15:58:13 - Ehud Rattner MIT engineers have developed carbon nanotubes into sensors for cancer drugs and other DNA-damaging agents inside living cells. The sensors, made of... read more

Easier Way to Develop Protein-Based Drug Friday, December 12th, 2008 - 18:39:42 - Anuradha Menon Research by a Michigan State University chemist could eventually lead to a quicker and easier way of developing protein-based drugs which are key to... read more

MIT Sheds Light on Alzheimer's Mystery Thursday, December 11th, 2008 - 18:34:24 - Anuradha Menon In work that could lead to new drugs to target Alzheimer's disease, MIT researchers and colleagues have shed light on one of the molecular mysteries... read more

Proteins Strangle Cell During Division Sunday, December 7th, 2008 - 18:21:41 - Ehud Rattner A Swedish research group has discovered a new mechanism for cell division in a microorganism found in extremely hot and acidic conditions. The... read more

Dysfunctional Human Astrocytes Kill Neurons Friday, December 5th, 2008 - 18:51:10 - Anuradha Menon Long thought of as mere bystanders, astrocytes are crucial for the survival and well-being of motor neurons, which control voluntary muscle... read more

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