biology
Pong-playing brain cells can teach us about better medicine and AI
Posted in Medicine, Science on 27th Oct, 2022
by Alex Muller
"You can take samples from donors, grow genotypically similar neurons, which we can then use to test drugs, which will then hopefully have the same parameters as donor cells"
Could Covid vaccine technology crack cancer?
Posted in Medicine on 16th Oct, 2022
by Alex Muller
Many promising cancer trials end in failure. It may be several years before we know if BioNTech's treatments for bowel cancer, melanoma and other tumour types really do live up to the hype.
Fungi and cancerous tumours: Scientists uncover association
Posted in Medicine on 14th Oct, 2022
by Alex Muller
Scientists have uncovered an association between tumours and fungi, which may lead to a deeper understanding towards the biology of certain cancers.
How Insufficient Sleep Can Damage Your Immune Stem Cells
Posted in Medicine, Science on 30th Sep, 2022
by Alex Muller
The findings help draw a direct line between sleep problems and cardiovascular disease, as well as offering some clues to how general immune dysfunction can be triggered by poor sleep.
New chemical could protect honeybee hives from parasites
Posted in Science on 27th Aug, 2022
by Alex Muller
The compound seems to be very effective protection from mites, and could soon become a key component of beekeepers' arsenals, allowing them to address the "colony colapse disorder".