Mauritius sea sponge produces chemicals that can kill liver cancer cells – findings are a positive first step: For thousands of years, medicines have been developed from natural sources – mostly from plants. In recent decades, though, drug hunters have been looking at the immense diversity of marine organisms as potential sources of new medicines. …
How consciousness may rely on brain cells acting collectively – new psychedelics research on rats: Psychedelics can help uncover consciousness. agsandrew/Shutterstock Psychedelics are known for inducing altered states of consciousness in humans by fundamentally changing our normal pattern of sensory perception, thought and emotion. Research into the therapeutic potential of psychedelics has increased significantly in the …
Scientists have created embryos from stem cells – it could help us better understand infertility and miscarriage: SciePro/Shutterstock Scientists recently announced that they have developed embryos using just stem cells. No sperm or egg cells (oocytes) were involved. These new research findings were presented by Professor Magdalena ?ernicka-Goetz of the University of Cambridge and the …
Perovskite: new type of solar technology paves the way for abundant, cheap and printable cells: Scientists at Swansea University have pioneered a printable and rollable solar cell. Swansea University, Author provided Silicon solar cells are an established technology for the generation of electricity from the sun. But they take a lot of energy to produce, …
Epilepsy: gene therapy technique targeting overactive brain cells shows promise in treating drug-resistant form of the condition: Epileptic seizures are caused by brain cells becoming overactive. MattLphotography/ Shutterstock Something like 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy. While the majority of these people are able to use medications to manage and prevent their seizures, around one-third …
Lab-grown brain cells can play Pong – so should they have legal rights?: Andrii Vodolazhskyi/Shutterstock The story could have been straight out of science fiction – scientists have grown human brain cells in a lab, and taught them to play the video game Pong, similar to squash or tennis. But this didn’t happen on the …
Long COVID: how lost connections between nerve cells in the brain may explain cognitive symptoms: COVID can cause long-lasting cognitive symptoms. But why? Alexander Limbach/Shutterstock For a portion of people who get COVID, symptoms continue for months or even years after the initial infection. This is commonly referred to as “long COVID”. Some people with …
Pregnancy in space: studying stem cells in zero gravity may determine whether it’s safe: Weightlessness affects how our cells develop and divide. MarcelClemens/Shutterstock Space is a hostile, extreme environment. It’s only a matter of time before ordinary people are exposed to this environment, either by engaging in space tourism or by joining self-sustaining colonies far …
The human body has 37 trillion cells. If we can work out what they all do, the results could revolutionise healthcare: Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg with Moshe Biton (right) and Aviv Regev (left). The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is one of the major funders of the Human Cell Atlas. Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, CC BY-ND The …
Tech firms are making computer chips with human cells – is it ethical?: Shutterstock The year is 2030 and we are at the world’s largest tech conference, CES in Las Vegas. A crowd is gathered to watch a big tech company unveil its new smartphone. The CEO comes to the stage and announces the Nyooro, …
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Dirty protests: why Irish republican prisoners smeared their cells with faeces to make a political statement during the Troubles: For almost thirty years (1969-1998) Northern Ireland was gripped by violent conflict. Republicans wanted an end to British rule and Unionists and Loyalists wished to preserve their citizenship and place in the United Kingdom. Bitterness and …
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Cells from human foetuses are important for developing vaccines – but they’re not an ingredient: The US Conference of Catholic Bishops recently issued a statement advising Catholics to opt for the Moderna or Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines over the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, if possible, because human embryonic cells collected from an aborted foetus were used …
We’ve smuggled tiny diamonds into cells, where they could shine light on the development of cancer: SciePro/Shutterstock Over the years, scientists have put together an amazing array of microscopic markers that they can place within cells whenever they need to label and observe distinct parts of a cell’s interior. Such labelling is used for a …
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South Africa in the news: How ‘The Mauritanian’ re-created Gitmo, from prison cells and iguanas to the gift shop: “The Mauritanian” shows a realistic view of the notorious, secretive Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, down to the cramped cells and iguana signs.: “South Africa” – BingNews New CDC guidelines do ‘a lot of things’ to protect …