Why Men Die Young
We all know that men are more likely to die due to accidents, disease, or suicide, but there are also biological reasons men die sooner: Bigger body size- Women tend […]
We all know that men are more likely to die due to accidents, disease, or suicide, but there are also biological reasons men die sooner: Bigger body size- Women tend […]
For the novel I’m writing, I need a stem cell that can form inside the human body and rejeuvenate and heal characters. iPS cells, the ones I reported on last […]
What is the difference between a stem cell that could re-build a sick or damaged body and a specialized, mature cell? Four genes. A number of cells shut off once […]
Stem cells are un-specialized cells which can divide many times before becoming specialized. Since these cells were discovered, it’s left us wondering what they could do if we harnessed them. […]
Stem Cells may one day see widespread use treating heart failure, vision loss, Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis. Now we are one step closer to creating stem cells to treat […]
Earlier in this series I mentioned I work in an Alaskan state government office and I take in copies of Death Certificates. By far, the decedents are over fifty and […]
For a while every time I turned around there was a new crime drama, sometimes the same premise, different city. Just as often, I find new scientific studies that are […]
With Valentine’s Day not that far behind us, I thought I’d share two fascinating techniques researchers are developing to help patients heal after heart attacks that I could also use […]
Until recently, the scientific community relied on two main types of stem cells for research, embryonic and adult stem cells. A new discovery could put them both out of business. […]
Last month, I got a full set of x-rays from the dentist. After thirty minutes of biting down and gagging on those plastic things, the stark white profile images of […]