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(05/02/14 1:31am)
Have you ever seen Breaking Bad? If not, here’s the premise: Man finds out he has cancer. Man cannot pay for cancer and does not want to leave his family in debt if he is going to die. Man turns to making crystal meth to make big cash. It’s a slippery slope from there.
(04/24/14 10:32pm)
With the ability to create anything from toys to guns to shoes, three-dimensional printing has become a major player in today’s market. Recently, a group of researchers from China and the U.S. have taken 3D printing to the medical field, successfully printing cancer cell models. The researchers’ model consists of HeLa cells, the immoral line of cancer cells derived from a patient at the Hopkins Hospital in 1951, printed in a fibrous protein scaffold. This in vitro setup accurately recreates the environment of the cancer cells in vivo and allows researchers to find efficient anti-cancer drugs.
(04/17/14 4:04pm)
Has a friend of yours ever hacked your Facebook account? Imagine now that it wasn’t your friend. What if someone you’d never met before, someone from across the world hacked your Facebook account? If your Facebook account getting hacked doesn’t scare you, maybe this will: what if it was your car key that was hacked? Your cell-phone? How about your bank account?
(03/27/14 2:14pm)
Researchers at Hopkins have discovered a set of genes that are turned off by cancer cells in their attempt to hide from the immune system. These genes were discovered by treating breast, colorectal and ovarian cancer cell lines with the FDA-approved drug 5-azacitidine. This drug, which reactivates silenced genes, exposed 16 different immune system related pathways that have decreased expression in cancer cells. Such decreased expression allows cancer cells to more easily invade tissues.
(03/07/14 1:28am)
“If you want this suit, you’re going to have to pry my cold dead body out of it.” Lucky for you, Mr. Tony Stark, it may not have to come to that.
(02/21/14 6:02pm)
To avoid the guilt of downing a regular soda, dieters often grab a diet brand when searching for something to drink. They have less sugar and fewer calories. Therefore, they must be okay for a weight loss regimen.
(10/31/13 4:41pm)
The first successful instance of genetic modification came in 1973 when Herbert Boyer and Stanley Cohen successfully modified an E. coli to produce a Salmonella gene. Since then, the area of genetic engineering has taken off, producing new and different genetically modified organisms every year.
(10/26/13 6:59pm)
You’ve made it to the final round in a million dollar competition! There is one last challenge you must complete, and it seems elementary; they present two cups to you, and, while blindfolded, you must determine which cup has hot water and which cup has cold water. They blindfold you, and you put your hands out. You grab both cups and feel that one is hotter than the other. You have made your decision! Congratulations! You won!
(10/18/13 9:15pm)
According to Albert Einstein, “The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.” Indubitably, these are words of wisdom from a wise man.
(10/03/13 5:48pm)
What if I were to tell you that a simple infection could cure you of your insurmountable fear of that Orgo Exam?
(09/13/13 2:32am)
In recent years, a new genre of video game has emerged: “brain training” games. The makers of these games claim that they will improve your cognitive function, intelligence, and attention. However, these claims have undergone plenty of scrutiny and debate as there has been no published data that supports them. Until now.