News tagged with human testes

J-2X engine continues to set standards

(Phys.org) -- Testing of the next-generation J-2X rocket engine continues to set standards. Last fall, the engine attained 100 percent power in just its fourth test and became the fastest U.S. rocket engine ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 28, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Commercial spacecraft speeds toward space station

(AP) -- Opening a new, entrepreneurial era in spaceflight, a ship built by a billionaire businessman sped toward the International Space Station with a load of groceries and other supplies Tuesday after a ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 5

Study of biomarker development in mice provides a roadmap for a similar approach in humans

Researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have demonstrated in mice that the performance of a novel biomarker-development pipeline using targeted mass spectrometry is robust enough to support the use of an analogous ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jun 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Swiss pilot to undergo 3-day solar flight simulation

Swiss pilot Andre Borschberg will undergo a three-day simulated flight for a new Solar Impulse aircraft that can travel around the world powered only by solar energy, organizers said Monday.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

NASA plans 2014 test-flight of deep-space capsule

NASA said Tuesday it will launch in 2014 an unmanned test flight of its Orion deep space capsule, made by Lockheed Martin to someday carry astronauts to the moon, an asteroid or Mars.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 21

HPV test beats Pap for cervical cancer screening

Two big studies suggest possible new ways to screen healthy people for cervical or prostate cancers, but a third disappointed those hoping for a way to detect early signs of deadly ovarian tumors.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Orion Crew capsule targeted for 2014 leap to high orbit

NASA is on course to make the highest leap in human spaceflight in nearly 4 decades when an unmanned Orion crew capsule blasts off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on a high stakes, high altitude test flight in ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 6

Dartmouth researchers get personal with genetics

Two recent studies by Dartmouth researchers use individual genetic data to reveal the powers and limits of our current understanding of how the genome influences human health and what genes can reveal about the ancestry of ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Handheld device for doing blood tests moves closer to medical use

Scientists are reporting a key advance in efforts to develop a handheld device that could revolutionize the complete blood cell count (CBC), one of the most frequently performed blood tests used to diagnose ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Chemists unlock potential target for drug development

A receptor found on blood platelets whose importance as a potential pharmaceutical target has long been questioned may in fact be fruitful in drug testing, according to new research from Michigan State University ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gene variations can be barometer of behavior, choices

Researchers at Brown University and the University of Arizona have determined that variations of three different genes in the brain (called single-nucleotide polymorphisms) may help predict a person's tendency ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Genome advances promise personalized medical treatment

A whirlwind of activity is under way to apply the findings of the $3 billion Human Genome Project to improve health care in the United States and around the world.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Faster diagnostics through cheap, ultra-portable blood testing

Blood tests are important diagnostic tools. They accurately tease-out vanishingly small concentrations of proteins and other molecules that help give a picture of overall health or signal the presence of specific ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | 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

Bioethicists call for federal regulation of genetic ancestry testing

(PhysOrg.com) -- As the popularity of take-home DNA kits to trace ancestry or calculate the risk for serious medical conditions grows, there is an increasingly critical need for federal oversight of "direct-to consumer" genetic ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1