Tuesday, July 27, 2010
'Ageing cells lose protein pumps'
Longevity of cells could be linked to levels of cellular pumps that get rid of toxic cell products...
'Spontaneous generation' of prions observed'
Prions are believed to be polymers of misfolded proteins and culprits of the diseases like Alzhiemer's...
http://http//www.nature.com/news/2010/100726/full/news.2010.376.html
Sunday, July 25, 2010
An Excerpt from "The Miracle Woman" - The story of Henrietta Lack , By Rebecca Skloot
When Henrietta Lacks was diagnosed with cancer in 1951, the doctors took her cells and grew them in test tubes. Those cells led breaktroughs from Parkinson's to polio. But today Henrietta is all but forgotten. In an excerpt fromher book, The Immortal Story of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot Tells her story..
Saturday, July 24, 2010
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