19 June 2013
It should come as no surprise that not all of our 20,000-25,000 genes have essential functions for survival, after all: large segments of the population have broken genes (such as people with blonde hair, who lack working genes for darker pigmentation*) and manage to get along just fine. The width of this range, from necessary [...]
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13 June 2013
The liver is an important organ: it is classified as one of the 5 vital organs, and, alongside the brain is the only organ for which no long-term artificial replacement is possible (although dialysis is a viable option in the short term). The liver is thought to have over 500 different functions: everything from removing [...]
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11 June 2013
In a new step forward in artificial heart technology, French medical company Carmat has developed a new artificial heart that is part bovine and part machine (depicted right). The idea behind this design was to use actual bovine tissue for parts of the artificial heart that would come in contact with a wearer’s blood, thus leading [...]
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07 June 2013
Patients with advanced melanoma find success with experimental drugs developed to stimulate the immune response. Top pharmaceutical companies including Merck & Co., Bristol-Myers Squibb Inc., and The Roche Group present optimistic data to cancer specialists in Chicago. Stocks sore to new heights for Switzerland’s Roche and Merck. Reporters write supportive statements for the future of [...]
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03 June 2013
Testing out new pharmaceuticals and cosmetic products takes a lot of time, many subjects, and even more, money. Theoretical tests, nonhuman trials, and huge amounts of time must be invested before a product is even allowed to come near the intended target, and even then, the risks to human subjects are non-zero. With animal testing [...]
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26 May 2013
The term “environment”, or “biophysical environment” means many things: broadly defined as “the biotic and abiotic surroundings of an organism, or population”. Environments range from global climate systems all the way down to the factors affecting individual molecules and cells. All life must interact with its environment, whether by consuming other organisms, taking up sunlight or nutrients, or simply moving around: [...]
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