Category: Biological

Consumption of anthocyanin-rich cherry juice for 12 weeks improves memory and cognition in older adults with mild-to-moderate dementia. – PubMed – NCBI

Eur J Nutr. 2015 Oct 19. [Epub ahead of print] Source: Consumption of anthocyanin-rich cherry juice for 12 weeks improves memory and cognition in older adults >>>

Posted: December 12, 2015 in Biological

A simple invention that can seal a gunshot wound within 20 seconds is now FDA-approved

This is going to be a medical game-changer. Source: A simple invention that can seal a gunshot wound within 20 seconds is now FDA-approved

Posted: December 12, 2015 in Biological

Chemical flavorings found in e-cigarettes linked to lung disease | Harvard Gazette

A Harvard study links chemicals used in flavored electronic cigarettes to cases of severe respiratory disease. Source: Chemical flavorings found in e-cigarettes linked to lung >>>

Posted: December 8, 2015 in Biological

In the hunt for new antibiotics, the genius of simplicity

Scientists are using radically simple techniques to uncover antibiotics that are fundamentally different than the ones doctors prescribe today. Source: In the hunt for new >>>

Posted: December 3, 2015 in Biological

Mitochondrial Evolution Can Happen Much Faster Than Thought, New Study Reveals | Biology | Sci-News.com

A new study published in the Biology Letters overturns the popular assumption that the mitochondrial evolution is only visible over long time scales. Source: Mitochondrial >>>

Posted: November 29, 2015 in Biological

India approves sale of generic Hepatitis C drugs

India has approved the sale of generic versions of hepatitis C drugs. The move will bring down the standard course of sofosbuvir and ledipasvir (generic >>>

Posted: November 29, 2015 in Biological

Scientists Identify Two Genes that ‘Shut Down’ HIV-1 Virus

An international group of researchers has identified genes that disable HIV-1, suggesting a new strategy for battling the virus that causes AIDS.

Posted: November 28, 2015 in Biological

PNAS: The tardigrade (water bear), the only animal that can survive in the vacuum of space, has the most foreign DNA of any animal. — Meta Science News

The tardigrade, also known as the water bear, is renowned for many reasons. The nearly indestructible micro-organism is known to have the capacity to survive >>>

Posted: November 23, 2015 in Biological

Biomedical imaging at one-thousandth the cost – Life Science Network

Source: Biomedical imaging at one-thousandth the cost – Life Science Network

Posted: November 23, 2015 in Biological

Taste comes from the brain, not the tongue, scientists discover – ScienceAlert

Source: Taste comes from the brain, not the tongue, scientists discover – ScienceAlert

Posted: November 20, 2015 in Biological