Category: Biological

Oceans running out of fish as undeclared catches add a third to official figures – The Ecologist

The global catch of fish and seafood is falling at three times the rate reported by the United Nations and urgently needs to be slowed >>>

Posted: January 19, 2016 in Biological

New light-activated nanoparticles kill over 90% of antibiotic-resistant bacteria – ScienceAlert

Source: New light-activated nanoparticles kill over 90% of antibiotic-resistant bacteria – ScienceAlert

Posted: January 19, 2016 in Biological

‘Miraculous’ results from new MS treatment – Telegraph

Wheelchair-bound multiple sclerosis patients able to walk again after stem-cell therapy Source: ‘Miraculous’ results from new MS treatment – Telegraph

Posted: January 18, 2016 in Biological

Women putting herb balls in vagina to ‘detox their wombs’ have been warned of dangers

Women are being warned about the dangers of a “womb detox” product after health experts said it could cause irritation and even toxic shock syndrome.  US firm >>>

Posted: January 18, 2016 in Biological

Nano-shells Deliver Molecules that Tell Bone to Repair Itself

Scientists at the University of Michigan have developed a polymer sphere that delivers a molecule to bone wounds that tells cells already at the injury >>>

Posted: January 15, 2016 in Biological

Researchers kill drug-resistant lung cancer with 50 times less chemo: Cancer drugs packaged in immune bubbles home in directly to tumors without getting sidetracked and destroyed; less chemo with better results

The cancer drug paclitaxel just got more effective. For the first time, researchers have packaged it in containers derived from a patient’s own immune system, >>>

Posted: January 15, 2016 in Biological

Startling new finding: 600 million years ago, a biological mishap changed everything – The Washington Post

“It was a shock,” one of the study’s co-authors said. “If you asked anyone on our team if they thought one mutation was going to >>>

Posted: January 11, 2016 in Biological

First new sound wave class in half a century to revolutionise stem cell therapy – Factor

A new class of sound wave has been developed for the first time in 50 years that looks set to revolutionise the use of stem >>>

Posted: January 7, 2016 in Biological, Gadgetry

A single, billion-year-old mutation helped multicellular animals evolve

Source: A single, billion-year-old mutation helped multicellular animals evolve

Posted: January 7, 2016 in Biological

Lack Of Deep Sleep May Set The Stage For Alzheimer’s

A mouse’s brain clears out toxins during periods of deep sleep — including toxins that form the sticky plaques associated with Alzheimer’s disease. Could the >>>

Posted: January 4, 2016 in Biological