How to Mix the Perfect Cocktail

How to Mix the Perfect Cocktail

Dec 9, 2016 | Non classé

A new model can predict drug interactions and side effects even between a large number of components 07.12.2016 A new method could take the guesswork out of mixing drug cocktails Drug cocktails such as those for treating cancer, like the alcoholic versions offered at...
Making Spines from Sea Water

Making Spines from Sea Water

Dec 7, 2016 | Non classé

How do creatures like sea urchins take up the calcium they need to build hard structures? 30.11.2016 Some sea creatures cover themselves with hard shells and spines, while vertebrates build skeletons out of the same minerals. How do these animals get the calcium they...
Local Teen Conducts Scientific Research in Israel

Local Teen Conducts Scientific Research in Israel

Dec 3, 2016 | Non classé

Nicole Odzer of North Miami Beach, pictured on the left, conducting scientific research in Israel along with her lab partner, Xell Brunet. Yale University freshman Nicole Odzer of North Miami Beach followed in her mother and sister’s footsteps when she conducted...
Double Whammy for Triple Negative Breast Cancer

Double Whammy for Triple Negative Breast Cancer

Dec 1, 2016 | Non classé

New Weizmann Institute of Science research provides hope for cancer patients 30.11.2016 Also in: Life SciencesCancerDisease, Drugs & DiagnosticsPersonalized Medicine  A promising new combination therapy for a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer has been...
DNA, the Condensed Version

DNA, the Condensed Version

Nov 29, 2016 | Non classé

 Lines of highly compacted DNA might be used as nanocables 28.11.2016 Maze-like patterns are created when the DNA condenses like a row of dominoes in the lab of Prof. Roy Bar-Ziv DNA molecules take on different shapes and forms within living cells; sometimes it is a...