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21 February 2011 | ScienceNOW

Hot Off the Presses, New Skin for Burn Victims

Bioprinters use inkjet technology to repair burns and grow organs
9 February 2011 | ScienceNOW

Prostate Cancer Genome Reveals Wandering Genes

First full genome sequences of prostate tumors provide insights for diagnosis, treatment
20 January 2011 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Parasite Invasion Caught on Camera

High-res 3D imaging captures malaria parasite breaking in to red blood cell
13 January 2011 | ScienceNOW

A Universal Marker for Tumor Cells?

Levels of an overlooked type of RNA are peculiarly high in many types of cancer
7 January 2011 | ScienceNOW

Can a Simple Model Explain the Advent of Cells?

An abstract model suggests that simple interactions between two chemicals are all that's needed to form "protocells"
13 December 2010 | ScienceNOW

Sperm May Hold Cure for Diabetes

Researchers grow insulin-producing cells from sperm stem cell precursors
21 November 2010 | ScienceNOW

Brain Tumors Grow Their Own Blood Supply

Discovery may explain failure of certain anticancer drugs
21 October 2010 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Exercise Boosts Muscle Stem Cells

Finding may help explain why running and other workouts stave off loss of muscle mass in old age
5 August 2010 | ScienceNOW

Turning Scar Tissue Into a Beating Heart

Reprogramming common cells could help repair damage from heart attacks

Obscure Immune Cells Thwart Ticks

New technique for deleting cells allows researchers to pin down their function

The Persistence of Memory ... in Reprogrammed Cells

Researchers can turn an adult cell embryonic, but they can't make it forget where it came from

ScienceShot: Tears Put Female Mice in the Mood

When male mice cry, they release a pheromone that makes females more sexually receptive

Can Gene Therapy Cure AIDS?

Small success in new clinical trial suggests one-time treatment to corner HIV
28 April 2010 | ScienceNOW

Researchers Speed Healing of Broken Bones

Manipulation of cell signaling proteins accelerates bone growth by a third in injured mice
21 April 2010 | ScienceNOW

An RNA Clue to Breast Cancer's Spread

MicroRNAs can block metastasis, play other cancer roles

New Peptide Helps Cancer Drugs Break Into Tumors

Advance could overcome one of the most challenging hurdles in cancer treatment
24 March 2010 | ScienceNOW

How Zebrafish Mend a Broken Heart

Findings may have implications for heart repair in humans
10 March 2010 | ScienceNOW

No Sexual Confusion for Chicken Cells

While developing mammals wait for hormonal cues, chicken embryos know their sex from the start

ScienceShot: Sequestering Carbon, the Algae Way

Cyanobacteria have developed a unique and extremely efficient storage method
25 February 2010 | ScienceNOW

Podcast: Origin of Small Dogs, Bacterial Power Grids, and More

Listen to a roundup of some of our favorite stories from the week
5 February 2010 | ScienceNOW

How Cancer Wreaks Havoc on Bone

Insulin-like hormone sends bodies' own bone-eating cells into overdrive
25 January 2010 | ScienceNOW

Prion Protein Keeps Nerves Happy

In mice, a dangerous protein's good side shows up
22 January 2010 | ScienceNOW

Greedy Virus Helps Spread Disease

By keeping a cell to itself, vaccinia forces other viruses to continue infecting
4 January 2010 | ScienceNOW

Origin of Tasmanian Devil Tumors Identified

Researchers find that nervous system cell spawned infectious cancer
16 December 2009 | ScienceNOW

Climate in the Senate; Cuts to U.K. Science

Plus more from Science's policy blog, ScienceInsider
9 November 2009 | ScienceNOW

Arthritis on the Move

Scientists have pinpointed how rheumatoid arthritis spreads inside the body
13 October 2009 | ScienceNOW

Mother's Cancer Can Infect Her Fetus

Japanese case sheds light on how the disease evades the immune system
28 September 2009 | ScienceNOW

Cells Mind the Gaps

Researchers propose surprising strategy for how cells detect chemicals in their environment

Creating Fat That Makes You Fit

Researchers transform skin cells into energy-burning fat cells

Grant Proposals Not So Private, Sex Studies Under Attack in Congress

Plus more from Science's policy blog, ScienceInsider

Embryonic Stem Cell Substitute Passes Acid Test

Cells reprogrammed by added genes can form an entire mouse

Scientists Find Heart Stem Cells

Cells could eventually be used to regrow heart parts

Calling All White Blood Cells

Researchers find new role for hydrogen peroxide in healing wounds

Embryonic-like Cells Advance Toward Disease Treatment

Researchers find ways to increase safety, applicability of therapy
23 April 2009 | ScienceNOW

Safer Stem Cells?

New technique produces stem cells without potential for DNA damage
21 April 2009 | ScienceNOW

Genes Know How to Network

New approach elucidates the complex genetic crosstalk within cells
13 April 2009 | ScienceNOW

Recalibrating the Biological Clock?

Adult mice generate eggs--and controversy
26 March 2009 | ScienceNOW

Russian Mathematician Wins Abel Prize

"Math Nobel" awards work tied to general relativity and string theory
16 March 2009 | ScienceNOW

Southpaw Solar System

Meteorites might have seeded early Earth with "left-handed" amino acids

A Better Way to Make Embryonic-like Stem Cells

"Jumping genes" may improve efficiency and safety of creating therapeutic cells
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