Scientists at the Rockefeller University and the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center (ADARC) have discovered a molecule that helps keep particles of mutant HIV strains from spreading. The molecule, termed CD317 or tetherin, is a protein located on the surface ...
Victimless Leather
A small-scale prototype of a stitch-less âleatherâ jacket is on display at the Design and the Elastic Mind exhibition that is currently taking place at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. Created by Oron Catts and lonat ...
Possible Cause of Lymphoma Discovered
A study conducted at the Yale School of Medicine has recently revealed new information on a naturally occurring cellular mutation and repair process, named somatic hypermutation (SHM). The new information and improved understanding of the SHM mechanism may provide important ...
Understanding Dogsâ Barks
Researchers from Eotvos Lorand University in Hungary have published a new study suggesting a primitive communication system may unite virtually all mammals. The theory could help explain why previous research has shown that many mammals, including humans, understand the vocalizations ...
Worldâs Strongest MRI
The worldâs most powerful medical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine is the 9.4 Tesla, positioned at the University of Illinois in Chicago (UIC). Following over three years of trials, the 9.4 Tesla has successfully completed the necessary safety trials. The ...
Induced Stem-Cells for Gene Therapy
Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the University of Alabama at Birmingham succeeded in using induced stem-cells for gene therapy for the first time. The scientists used cells taken from the tip of a sickle-cell model mouseâs ...
Animal-friendly Meat
Scientists from the University of Western Australia have managed to create âsemi-livingâ food. The scientists used a new tissue engineering technique to grow sample cells from animals and produce edible meat that does not require killing animals. The project, named ...
Sex, Sharks and Cancer
In 2001, Zoo workers at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Nebraska, were astonished to find a hammerhead shark pup in an aquarium devoid of male bonehead sharks. Thorough genetic analysis recently revealed that the pup was indeed a result ...
Do Monkeys âPayâ for Sex?
A recent study conducted in Indonesia shows that male primates âpaidâ for sexual access to females in the form of pre-sex rituals, and that the success of these rituals was reduced as the number of available females went up. Although ...
Smart-Bombing Cancer
Cancer therapy most commonly includes radiation and chemotherapy, procedures that themselves often lead to the death of patients. Over the past few years, clever ways have been developed to exploit the brilliance and efficacy of the immune system to fight ...