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AskMen.com Jacob Franek |
Future Cures Almost every disease known to man is under constant research and we can hardly go a day without hearing about some advancement or another. Here are a few diseases for which future cures could be looming on the horizon. |
Science News October 30, 2004 |
From the October 27, 1934, Issue Soviet Scientists Make Large Telescope Lens... Most Penetrating Artificial Gamma Rays From Sodium... Chemical Released by Nerve Carries Message to Muscle... |
Science News July 27, 2002 |
TimeLine: July 23, 1932 Drop of oil atomized into 100,000,000 particles... "Dumb design" slows coming of truly modern automobile... Yale experiments show virus diseases carried through air... |
Chemistry World August 15, 2007 John Bonner |
Chemists Claim Biological Alchemy South Korean chemists say they have turned muscle cells from the sole of a human foot into something akin to stem cells, using a simple molecule called neurodazine. |
Science News December 2, 2006 |
Timeline: From the November 28, 1936, issue Commonplace transformed into beauty by frost... Behavior of living cells linked to mathematics... |
BusinessWeek March 14, 2005 John Carey |
Tysabri's Painful Lessons Biogen's sudden withdrawal of the multiple sclerosis drug illustrates the dangers of trying to alter the immune system's workings |
Fast Company March 2009 Tim McKeough |
Banking Stem Cells For Future Use A personal banking system for stem cells. |
Smithsonian March 2004 |
Signal Discovery? A Los Angeles scientist says living cells may make distinct sounds, which might someday help doctors "hear" diseases |
HHMI Bulletin May 2010 Sarah C.P. Williams |
Lab-Grown Liver New cell culture system solves problem of growing liver cells. |
IEEE Spectrum August 2006 Schoenbach et al. |
Zap Extreme voltage could be a surprisingly delicate tool in the fight against cancer. The list of effects that scientists have achieved using nanoseconds-long pulses is growing rapidly, though their actual use as a medical treatment is still years away. |
HHMI Bulletin May 2012 Nicole Kresge |
Locating a Genetic Glitch A team of 41 scientists led by HHMI investigator Louis Ptacek has pinpointed the gene responsible for a rare disease that causes sudden, uncontrollable movements. The culprit is a little known protein that may be responsible for communication between neurons. |
Science News September 23, 2006 |
Timeline: From the September 19, 1936, Issue Largest Gaseous Nebula "Found" by New Telescope... Ounce of Oil Covers Eight Acres of Surface... Cancer Explained as Uncontrolled Cell Growth... |
BusinessWeek April 12, 2004 John Carey |
Gene-Based Therapy: Back To The Couch Recent setbacks show (again) that biotech needs more patience and less ballyhoo |
Technology Research News March 10, 2004 |
Atomic microscope spots viruses Researchers from BioForce Nanosciences Inc., Iowa State University and Des Moines University have combined an atomic force microscope with a method of capturing virus particles to produce a tool that rapidly detects viruses. |
HHMI Bulletin Spring 2013 Sarah C.P. Williams |
Sounding the Alarm Details on how cells detect and respond to foreign DNA may provide clues to autoimmune diseases. |
Science News July 31, 2004 |
From the July 28, 1934, Issue Twelve Swamp Dinosaurs Found by Museum Party... Old Violin Makers' Secrets Revealed by x-Ray Analysis... Cancer Caused by Virus Present in Even Normal Cells... |
HHMI Bulletin February 2011 |
Viral Outbreak: The Science of Emerging Disease Almost 200 high school students from across the Washington, D.C., area learned firsthand how scientists study the emergence and spread of these and other deadly viruses in December at the 2010 Holiday Lectures on Science. |
National Defense June 2010 Grace V. Jean |
Research Challenge: How to Defend Against Still-Undefined Chemical, Biological Attacks Military scientists are often criticized for not working fast enough and for not pushing technologies into the field more expeditiously. Those working in chemical and biological sciences are no exception. |
AskMen.com Jacob Franek |
Airplane Air As if the fear of terrorism, turbulence or mechanical failure were not enough, airplane passengers still have to contend with the fear of microbial invasion. |
Popular Mechanics January 22, 2010 Allie Townsend |
Does Fringe's Virus Eradication Plan Hold Up? Is the show's disease from the deep possible? "No," says Dr. William Blattner, director of The Institute of Human Virology. "But it does make for good TV." |
Science News September 9, 2006 |
Timeline: From the September 5, 1936, issue Single plow furrow digs deep gully... Hope for saving workers exposed to silica dust... Measures temperature change in brain while it works... |
Technology Research News July 27, 2005 |
Bacteria drive biochip sensor Researchers are working to connect living cells to computer chips to gain the best of both worlds. |
Chemistry World June 9, 2008 Simon Hadlington |
Artificial virus silences genes Scientists in Korea have created an artificial virus that can target the nucleus of cancer cells and knock out specific genes. |
BusinessWeek July 26, 2004 Arlene Weintraub |
The Stem-Cell Flap: Simmer Down Advocates are overstating stem cells' near-term ability to treat grave illnesses. In doing so, they not only distort the science; the hopes they raise among many people who are sick today are also sure to be dashed. |
Science News May 3, 2003 |
TimeLine: April 29, 1933 Leaving the nest... Magnet pulls corpuscles out of circulation for study... More dark matter than luminous in universe |
Chemistry World November 25, 2008 James Urquhart |
Virus revealed by flipping lipid A drug that flags up virus-infected cells for destruction by the body's own immune system could lead to new, broad-spectrum anti-viral treatments, say US scientists. |
BusinessWeek June 27, 2005 Arlene Weintraub |
Stem Cells To Go ViaCell's goal is to mass-produce stem cells from umbilical cord blood. |
Chemistry World November 13, 2012 Rachel Cooper |
Detecting cancer cells and parasites Scientists in Denmark have designed a new sensor to detect cells that over-express folate receptors, including cancer cells. The sensor consists of an electrochemical platform composed of graphene and peptide nanotubes with folic acid. |
Chemistry World August 2, 2011 Kate McAlpine |
Hacking into chemical cell phone calls US researchers have made a nanodevice that can eavesdrop on a cell's mutterings, and they say it could be adapted to listen in on conversations between cells. |
National Defense November 2010 Eric Beidel |
To Counter Bioterrorism, The Key is Boosting Immunity That's why Texas A&M University researchers are investigating ways to arm Americans against attacks involving toxins, viruses and bacteria. |
BusinessWeek May 23, 2005 |
Don't Get Bugged This Summer An infectious-disease pro tells how to protect yourself from harmful bites. |
Chemistry World December 8, 2015 Liisa Niitsoo |
A sound idea for treating lung disease Scientists in Australia have made a portable device that gently vibrates stem cells with sound waves to turn them into an aerosol. The system could be an effective route for treating various pulmonary diseases. |
Popular Mechanics September 2006 Ben Harder |
Seeking Immunity Pathogens like West Nile virus show no respect for borders. But a new class of vaccines may soon keep them in check. |
IEEE Spectrum October 2007 Morgen E. Peck |
Imperceptible Vibrations Slow Weight Gain New research by engineers and scientists show how low-level mechanical signals inhibit fat-cell production in mice. |
Chemistry World February 7, 2006 Jon Evans |
Plant-Derived Drug Approved in US Dow AgroSciences has become the first biotech firm to gain US regulatory approval for a plant-derived drug. The company claims it will be able to manufacture many other vaccines, for animal and human diseases, using its plant-based production technology. |
BusinessWeek June 13, 2005 Arlene Weintraub |
A Boost for Broken Hearts? The Institute of Regenerative Medicine in Barbados is convinced that stem cells from fetuses can repair cardiac damage. |
Science News May 17, 1930 |
TimeLine: May 17, 1930 70 Years Ago in Science News: Polish Rhinoceros... Microscopic Movies... Mould Kills Bacteria... |
BusinessWeek September 23, 2010 Rob Waters |
Stem Cells That Save Big Pharma a Bundle Drugmakers hope to save big by using stem cells to test drugs for dangerous side effects long before costly human trials are needed. |
Chemistry World April 2010 |
Column: The crucible We are getting better at manipulating cells to grow into the tissues we need. Chemical factors are key, says Philip Ball |
Food Engineering May 1, 2005 Kevin T. Higgins |
A better germ-detecting mousetrap A quick test designed for combat soldiers under attack from biological weapons could make life easier for food companies concerned about pathogens in their plants and products. |
Reactive Reports September 2005 David Bradley |
When Good Turns Bad Prions, the protein-like pathogens at the heart of the fatal brain disorder CJD, so-called mad cow disease, and related diseases can rapidly "remodel" good proteins into bad, according to US scientists, who have demonstrated this for the first time in living cells. |
The Motley Fool November 28, 2007 Brian Orelli |
Stem Your Expectations of Stem-Cell Discoveries Making "stem" cells out of skin cells isn't all it's cracked up to be. The recent discovery has a long way to go before it can catch up to the research currently being done with stem cells. |
Technology Research News March 10, 2004 |
Chip controls neural connection Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry in Germany and the University of Calgary in Canada have used a silicon chip to coax a pair of nerve cells to communicat |
Chemistry World July 8, 2010 Sarah Houlton |
Antibodies spark HIV vaccine hopes These cross-reactive broadly neutralising antibodies bound to and neutralised more than 90 per cent of the HIV strains they were tested against. |
IndustryWeek November 1, 2008 Jill Jusko |
Cutting Down Solar Costs New slicing method for germanium reduces waste, could lower costs of higher-efficiency solar cells. |
Chemistry World September 19, 2007 Lewis Brindley |
Cell Destruction by Gel Implosion Scientists in Hong Kong have shown that creating a gel inside bacterial cells can stunt their growth. This research is a step towards developing novel treatments that would target rapidly-reproducing cells such antibiotic-resistant superbugs. |
Chemistry World December 10, 2012 Paul Nancarrow |
A fresh approach Morton Denn, author of Chemical Engineering: An Introduction, has successfully written a modern and concise book on this topic. |
Popular Mechanics March 2006 Jeff Wise |
Fighting Fire With Fire By recreating an extinct virus that killed as many as 50 million people, scientists race to defeat avian flu before it evolves into a deadlier form. |
BusinessWeek November 24, 2003 John Carey |
Barring The Door Against AIDS A new generation of drugs focuses on keeping the virus from entering cells. |
Chemistry World August 31, 2011 Hayley Birch |
Smallpox vaccine virus puts cancer in its sights The results of a human cancer therapy trial show for the first time that tumors can be targeted and infected by engineered viruses, without damage to surrounding tissues. |