Apr 27, 2011 Pathogenesis Disease Processes

Scientist Makes Key Innovations in Stem-cell Technology

San Francisco, CA (Scicasts) – According to a report from the Gladstone Institutes, one of its researchers has made two significant stem-cell discoveries that advance medicine and human health by creating...

Apr 27, 2011 Lab Technology Bio-IT

New Technology is Demystifying Genome Sequencing

Eugene, OR (Scicasts) - Take millions of puzzle pieces containing partial words and put them back together into full words, sentences, paragraphs and chapters until the book these random parts came from is rebuilt.

Apr 27, 2011 Pathogenesis Disease Processes

MicroRNA Mediates Gene-diet Interaction Related to Obesity

Boston, MA (Scicasts) - Eating more n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, commonly known as omega-3 fatty acids, may help carriers of a genetic variant on the perilipin 4 (PLIN4) gene locus lose weight more efficiently....

Apr 22, 2011 Pathogenesis Disease Processes

Research Shows Role of Placenta in Brain Development

Los Angeles, CA (Scicasts) - Research at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California's (USC) Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute has shown that the human placenta plays an active role in synthesizing...

Apr 21, 2011 Nanobiotechnology Nanotechnology Staff Pick

Researchers Develop Biosensor Microchip That Could Speed Up Drug Development

Stanford, CA (Scicasts) – Researchers at Stanford university have reported the development of a new biosensor microchip that they believe could significantly speed up the process of drug development.