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Scientists Transform Deadly Plant Into Cancer Killing Smart Bomb By Kristen Philipkoski Feb 2, 2012 4:40 PM The ancient Greeks called the thapsia garganica plant “deadly carrot,” because their camels would eat it and quickly die. The Roman emperor Nero … Continue reading
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Scientists Use Spectroscopy to Study Black Holes, Stars, and Now Cervixes Scientists use spectroscopy to examine the make-up of celestial objects. Now, they’re taking the technology in a decidedly different direction and using it to detect cervical cancer. Over the … Continue reading
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http://gizmodo.com/5874433/the-pill-that-could-cure-depression-by-growing-your-brain Kristen Philipkoski: January 9, 2012 If you are depressed, or schizophrenic or have Alzheimer’s, scientists say you probably have a shrunken hippocampus. The good news: a drug that just entered human trials promises to re-grow that part of the … Continue reading
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http://gizmodo.com/5867859/a-miracle-drug-keeps-this-70+year+old-cance Don Wright was diagnosed with myeloma—cancer in his blood cells and bone marrow—two weeks after running his first marathon. His doctor gave him a five-year survival estimate. Eight years later he has run 60 26.2-mile races in 41 states … Continue reading
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Could This Be the End of Embryonic Stem Cell Research? By Kristen Philipkoski Nov 15, 2011 3:40 PM A biotech company that after much turmoil and huge expense launched the first human embryonic stem cell clinical trial in the United … Continue reading
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http://gizmodo.com/5851454/if-you-cant-get-an-organ-an-organoid-might-do Oct 19, 2011 If You Can’t Get an Organ, an Organoid Might Do The line waiting for organ donors is 112,381 people long and growing, and 18 people daily die waiting. To help patients survive the interim, scientists are … Continue reading
