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Paul Allen Gives $100 Million for New Institute for Cell Science with Major Focus on Stem Cells

Posted in Science on 15th Dec, 2014
by Alex Muller

For the worlds of biology and cell biology including the stem cell field more specifically, the holidays came early with some fantastic news.

Synthetic Platelets Halt Bleeding Three Times Faster

Posted in Science on 10th Nov, 2014
by Alex Muller

The immediate application is imagined for control of bleeding in people who have suffered traumatic injury, and patients who are undergoing surgery.

Scientists make enzyme that could help explain origins of life

Posted in Science on 30th Oct, 2014
by Alex Muller

Scientists have devised an enzyme with a unique property that might have been crucial to the origin of life on Earth.

Telomerase can be turned off with a genetic switch which could be an antiaging breakthrough

Posted in Medicine on 22nd Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller

Scientists at the Salk Institute have discovered an on-and-off switch in cells that may hold the key to healthy aging.

Cancer blood test moves closer after promising results

Posted in Science on 27th Jul, 2014
by Alex Muller

A British team of researchers has developed what might be a simple blood test that can detect all cancers.