News tagged with biological test

Scientists develop ultra-sensitive test that detects diseases in their earliest stages

Scientists have developed an ultra-sensitive test that should enable them to detect signs of a disease in its earliest stages, in research published today in the journal Nature Materials.

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created May 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Genetic mechanics: First-ever 3-D images of DNA damage sensor create

Everything — from noxious chemicals found in cigarette smoke or car exhaust, to ultraviolet radiation from the sun, to even something as benign as oxygen — is working overtime to damage DNA. Fortunately, ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Permafrost bacteria may slow down ageing: scientists

A hardy type of bacteria recently discovered in the permafrost of Siberia could help slow down the ageing process, Russian scientists claimed on Tuesday.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 4

Understanding the mechanical biology of life's bonds

(PhysOrg.com) -- When he was 10 years old, Julio Fernandez took a correspondence course in electronics and earned a certificate for putting together a doorbell. Today, the Columbia professor of biological sciences builds ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 23, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Failing to bridge the gap between test tubes, animals, and human biology

Reasoning used in many highly cited cancer publications to support the relevance of animal and test tube experiments to human cancer is questionable, according to a study by researchers from Université Libre de Bruxelles ...

Biology / Other

created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Genetic evidence clears Ben Franklin (w/ Video)

The DNA evidence is in, and Ben Franklin didn't do it. Genetic tests on more than 1,000 Chinese tallow trees from the United States and China show the famed U.S. statesman did not import the tallow trees ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mysterious seaweed dump chokes S.Leone's coastline

Massive piles of seaweed have washed ashore along Sierra Leone's coastline, covering the white sand and raising fears for tourism and the fishing industry, officials said Monday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 04, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Scientists find genes to beat MRSA defence system

Efforts to develop better and stronger treatments against diseases continue in Europe, with particular emphasis being placed on fighting human pathogens and strains resistant to existing treatments. Scientists ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jun 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists discover new direction in Alzheimer's research

In what they are calling a new direction in the study of Alzheimer's disease, UC Santa Barbara scientists have made an important finding about what happens to brain cells that are destroyed in Alzheimer's ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jun 06, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Packaging process for genes discovered

Scientists at Penn State University have achieved a major milestone in the attempt to assemble, in a test tube, entire chromosomes from their component parts. The achievement reveals the process a cell uses ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Humidity makes gecko feet stickier

Geckos have amazingly sticky feet. Their stickability comes from billions of dry microscopic hairs that coat the soles of their feet. However, when humidity increases, gecko feet stick even tighter to smooth ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Researchers develop 'lab on a chip' that detects viruses (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Brigham Young University engineers and chemists has created an inexpensive silicon microchip that reliably detects viruses, even at low concentrations.

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Feb 08, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers find clues to why some continue to eat when full

The premise that hunger makes food look more appealing is a widely held belief - just ask those who cruise grocery store aisles on an empty stomach, only to go home with a full basket and an empty wallet.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 28, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Researchers Identify the Most Promiscuous Birds in the World

(PhysOrg.com) -- UConn ornithologist Chris Elphick and his colleagues carried out DNA tests to discover the paternity of Saltmarsh Sparrow nestlings.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Researchers identify growth factor that stimulates adult stem cells

(PhysOrg.com) -- A researcher in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, collaborating with researchers at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Veterinary Medicine, has identified for the first time a critical ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0