A dose of carbon nanotubes more than doubles the growth rate of plant cell cultures -- workhorses in the production of everything from lifesaving medications to sweeteners to dyes and perfumes --
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Handheld plasma flashlight rids skin of pathogens | Patexia.com
Posted by pollardkevin15 47 days ago (http://www.patexia.com)
A group of Chinese and Australian scientists have developed a handheld, battery-powered plasma-producing device that can rid skin of bacteria in an instant.
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Clues to why HIV vaccine showed modest protection | Patexia.com
Posted by dalesteyn50 47 days ago (http://www.patexia.com)
Insights into how the first vaccine ever reported to modestly prevent HIV infection might have worked were published online today in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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An international team of scientists mapped the genomes of 100 triple negative breast cancer tumors, the deadliest form of the disease, and discovered that no two genomes were similar.
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A new technique for improving delivery of stem cells may lead to better and faster tissue repair, a breakthrough with promise for sports medicine and military populations. Researchers at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center discovered a way to enhance delivery of transplant cells in rodents to a desired site by increasing presence of chemicals that attract the introduced cells.
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New hormone for lowering blood sugar | Patexia.com
Posted by dalesteyn50 48 days ago (http://www.patexia.com)
New evidence points to a hormone that leaves muscles gobbling up sugar as if they can't get enough. That factor, which can be coaxed out of fat stem cells, could lead to a new treatment to lower blood sugar and improve metabolism.This new hormone may be a useful alternative or add-on to insulin; it can do essentially the same job
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How a cancer drug leads to diabetes | Patexia.com
Posted by dalesteyn50 48 days ago (http://www.patexia.com)
Rapamycin is a widely used drug for cancer and transplant patients, and there are hints that it might even help us put off old age and live longer. But, it also comes with a downside: rapamycin leads to diabetes in as many as 15 percent of the people who take it.
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Halotechnics improves solar energy storage for CSP | Patexia.com
Posted by ericjones12398 48 days ago (http://www.patexia.com)
Concentrated solar power (CSP) brings a value to the energy table that photovoltaic technology (PV) just doesn't have. That's the ability to store daytime heat energy from the sun for use when the sun is down.
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