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Why Men Die Young

September 4, 2015by lalancaster Leave a comment

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 […]

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Biology

Healing With Stem Cells-STAP Cells

August 13, 2015by lalancaster 4 Comments

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 […]

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Biology, Stem Cells, Writing Science Fiction

Healing With Stem Cells- iPS Cells

August 7, 2015by lalancaster Leave a comment

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 […]

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Biology, Stem Cells, The Phoenix Gene, A Novel

Healing With Stem Cells- Somatic Cells

July 17, 2015by lalancaster Leave a comment

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. […]

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Biology, Stem Cells

Breakthrough or Bust?

April 29, 2014by lalancaster Leave a comment

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 […]

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Biology, Stem Cells, Uncategorized

Killing Death- Natural Causes

March 31, 2014by lalancaster Leave a comment

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 […]

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Biology, Culture and Society, Death

New Cells On Trial

March 9, 2014by lalancaster 2 Comments

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 […]

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Biology, Stem Cells

Healing Broken Hearts

March 1, 2014by lalancaster 1 Comment

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 […]

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Biology, Genetics

The New Cell on the Block

February 10, 2014by lalancaster Leave a comment

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. […]

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Biology, Immortality

How Old Are You Really?

May 3, 2013by lalancaster 2 Comments

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 […]

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