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Starving cells of sugar could be the key to future cancer treatments
Posted in Medicine on 27th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller
Cancer cells are cells that cheat death; rather than growing old and dying, as healthy cells do, they continue to grow and divide.
Controlling brain cells with ultrasound
Posted in Science on 16th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller
Sonogenetics may be able to selectively activate brain, heart, muscle, and other cells using ultrasonic waves, similar to optogenetics.
Chatty cellular machines take synthetic biology to next level
Posted in Featured, Science on 15th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller
Researchers are working on a new class of cellular machines that 'talk' to each other, and behave in sophisticated ways. Synthetic biology is going multicellular.
Can resveratrol really stave off Alzheimers disease?
Posted in Science on 12th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller
Extremely calorie-restricted diets greatly reduce age-related diseases in animals. The hope is that resveratrol activates sirtuins to get the same benefits.
Implant 'traps' spreading cancer cells
Posted in Medicine on 9th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller
A small sponge-like implant that can mop up cancer cells as they move through the body has been developed by US researchers.