Articles in the Category: Biochemistry
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biochemistry, Diseases, Health and Medicine, Podcast, Politics, SciClips on 06 7th, 2007 | No Comments
Stem Sell
The medical use of embryonic stem cells is a considerable source of controversy. But the practice might be more easily sold to the public now that a team of scientists has figured out how to turn adult cells into stem cells. It works in mice. Now science just has to prove it works in humans.
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biochemistry, Consumer Safety, Health and Medicine, Podcast, SciClips on 06 4th, 2007 | No Comments
Grill Pill
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When meat is cooked it develops carcinogenic properties. But new research shows a simple trick for reducing these cancer causing agents with items in the average kitchen cupboard.
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Biochemistry, Podcast, SciClips on 05 25th, 2007 | No Comments
Prozac Pup
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Birds get it. Dogs get it. And people get it. Depression is a biochemical abnormality that is found in animals. Now a new drug similar to a commonly prescribed human anti-depressant is showing signs of hope for dogs with the blues.
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biochemistry, Diseases, Environment, Health and Medicine, Podcast, SciClips on 05 10th, 2007 | No Comments
Pathological Protein
What happens when good proteins go bad? Well, disease, of course. Mad cow disease is probably the most familiar involving clusters of bad proteins called prions. They can jump across species and turn perfectly good proteins into microscopic miscreants.
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