Tag Archives: biology

Reprogramming of the cells to be something other than what they are…

Posted on July 10, 2011 by rndsync

Human organs are made of cells. But all cells are not made equal. There is quite a bit of diversity. Most of our organs like skin, bones, muscles, heart, brain, lungs and other internal organs are made up of cells … Continue reading →

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Flu prevention and cure if infected close at hand?

Posted on April 24, 2011 by rndsync

A lot of people get sick every year due to the influenza virus. Some are hospitalized and a few even die. It’s intersting to see how the hospitalization rates varied over years CDC tracks this very closely as they do … Continue reading →

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Longer telomeres means longer life but also reduced cancer risk?

Posted on April 3, 2011 by rndsync

Evidence has indicated that there’s an inherited factor that helps determine telomere length and that short telomere length is a risk factor for cancer. No one had every connected the two, until now. Jian Gu, Ph.D., assistant professor in MD … Continue reading →

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The idea of combining genetics and our own immune response that might enable us to finally win the war against bacterial infections

Posted on March 27, 2011 by rndsync

Bacteria are the most adaptive species on the planet. They continuously mutate and as such any antibiotic treatment that we come up with they can develop immunity to. It’s like a war where the enemy is 100 times smarter and … Continue reading →

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Playing the probability game and winning

Posted on February 26, 2011 by rndsync

Life is a game of probabilities. When it comes to health or wealth that’s especially true. In the world of investing everyone is guessing where the market goes next day, week, month, year, or whatever period. Being able to predict … Continue reading →

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A better understanding of how Flu invades our bodies and cells helps give us better insight into prevention and mitigation

Posted on February 20, 2011 by rndsync

This is a very good article on the NSF website and research work on understanding common flu and also possibly H1N1 and other variants. In order to infect a healthy cell, a flu virus must enter the cell (upper left) … Continue reading →

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In general males have higher tendency to be autistic than females. New evidence for the genetic cause for this found by scientists from George Washington University.

Posted on February 17, 2011 by rndsync

George Washington University researcher, Dr. Valerie Hu, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and her team at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, found that male and female sex hormones regulate expression of an important gene RORA through a … Continue reading →

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We know Bacteria can evolve. Is there emergence of intelligence in simple rules governing bacterial evolution?

Posted on February 14, 2011 by rndsync

Bacteria is the most successful life form we know of and has adopted very well. It will, most likely, out live any life form we know of. Probably the only thing that can outlive bacteria is virus. But by many … Continue reading →

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Oxytocin – the many facets of love harmone

Posted on February 13, 2011 by rndsync

Oxytocin is mammalian hormone that acts as a neurotransmitter in brain. It’s released mainly in women when they are about to go into labor or when mother’s are breast feeding their infant babies. it is released in large amounts after … Continue reading →

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Does “short attention span” equal “higher capacity for creativity”?

Posted on February 11, 2011 by rndsync

Researchers at the University of Michigan and Eckerd College also found that ADHD individuals preferred different thinking styles. They like generating ideas, but are not good about completing the tasks. Lead author Holly White, an assistant professor of psychology at … Continue reading →

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