Items tagged with cell

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Tiny Devices Use Light to Grab Cells Monday, October 26th, 2009 - 16:27:01 - Anuradha Menon Tiny optical devices that can grab small particles out of a liquid, using the force of photons, could make it possible to image and identify disease... read more

Study Paves Way For Liver Cell Library Monday, October 26th, 2009 - 14:49:55 - Anuradha Menon Scientists have for the first time produced liver cells specific to different ethnic groups. The University research could revolutionise the... read more

Flies Get Fright From False Memories Saturday, October 17th, 2009 - 12:24:05 - Anuradha Menon The seemingly complex phenomenon by which fruit flies (Drosophila) learn from bad experiences has been reduced to the actions of a mere 12 neurons... read more

Cell Invasion Caught on Camera Thursday, October 15th, 2009 - 10:02:21 - Anuradha Menon Despite being surrounded by a supposedly unbreachable defensive line, the body's central nervous system can still be attacked by autoimmune diseases... read more

The Human Genome in 3-D Saturday, October 10th, 2009 - 14:18:55 - Anuradha Menon Unfurled, the human genome would contain approximately six feet of DNA. Amazingly, all of that length is packed into a cell nucleus about three... read more

Ribosome Clinches the Chemistry Nobel Thursday, October 8th, 2009 - 12:21:44 - Anuradha Menon Three molecular biologists who mapped the structure and inner workings of the ribosome — the cell's machinery for churning out proteins from the... read more

New Technique for Yeast Cells' Penetration Monday, October 5th, 2009 - 11:56:06 - Ehud Rattner If you want to know how a cell responds to a particular chemical, the experiment is simple: Inject it with that chemical. Micropipettes — tiny... read more

Capsules for Self-Healing Circuits Friday, September 11th, 2009 - 18:47:25 - Anuradha Menon Dropping a cell phone or laptop can, of course, cause irreparable damage. Now researchers are developing a material that could let a circuit... read more

Rare Algae Outbreak in Caribbean Corals Thursday, September 10th, 2009 - 14:07:24 - Anuradha Menon A rare opportunity has allowed a team of scientists to evaluate corals--and the essential, photosynthetic algae that live inside their cells--before... read more

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