News tagged with mammalian blood

Insulin, nutrition prevent blood stem cell differentiation in fruit flies

UCLA stem cell researchers have shown that insulin and nutrition keep blood stem cells from differentiating into mature blood cells in Drosophila, the common fruit fly, a finding that has implications for studying inflammatory ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Bionic bacteria may help fight disease and global warming

A strain of genetically enhanced bacteria developed by researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies may pave the way for new synthetic drugs and new ways of manufacturing medicines and biofuels, ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Biologists Unravel Mechanisms of How Immune Cells Move (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Human white blood cells navigate to and destroy bacteria by following a chemical that bacteria secrete. But less well understood are the biochemical processes within these immune cells that allow them to ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 19, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Omega-3 kills cancer cells

Docosahexanoic acid (DHA), an omega-3 fatty acid found in fish oils, has been shown to reduce the size of tumours and enhance the positive effects of the chemotherapy drug cisplatin, while limiting its harmful side effects. ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Psychoactive compound activates mysterious receptor

(PhysOrg.com) -- A hallucinogenic compound found in a plant indigenous to South America and used in shamanic rituals regulates a mysterious protein that is abundant throughout the body, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers ...

Chemistry /

created Feb 12, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (14) | comments 15