What’s the hardest thing we ever do with our brains on average during a lifetime? Our brains are wonderful things that some have called the most complicated structures in the known universe, but what exactly do we do with them? Do we tax them fully during our lives? The old cliché that we only use […]
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Here are some weekend science reads for you. A new type of “magic” mushroom? MIT Tech Review on lack of oversight of new GMO foods coming to your plate. DrugMonkey’s piece on lab labor and specifically whether undergrads “count” drew a lot of comments there. Of course they count in my view.
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One of the more controversial areas in the stem cell field has been over a stem cell type that only a handful of researchers have been able to find and study: very small embryonic-like stem cells or VSELs. These days some are calling them V-cells too. I’ve been getting an increasing number of questions from
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Hungarian Mit nevezünk őssejtnek? Az emberi test több száz különböző, a mindennapi életünkhöz nélkülözhetetlen sejttípusból épül fel. Ezen sejtek biztosítják testünk folyamatos működését, felelősek szívverésünkért, azért, hogy agyunk gondolkodik, vesénk megtisztítja vérünket, hogy lekopó bőrsejtjeink pótlódnak stb. Az őssejtek egyedi feladata az összes különféle működő sejttípus előállítása. Az őssejtek felelősek az új sejtek képződéséért. Az
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Swahili Seli shina ni nini? Mwili wa binadamu una mamia ya seli (chembechembe hai) za aina tofauti zenye umuhimu kiafya. Seli hizi zina jukumu la kuendesha mifumo mbalimbali ya miili yetu, kwa mfano, kuendesha mapigo ya moyo, kuwezesha fikra akilini, usafishaji wa damu kwenye figo, kutengeneza ngozi mpya, na kadhalika. Kazi ya kipekee ya seli
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Tagalog Translation Ano ba ang mga stem cells? Ang katawan ng tao ay puno ng daang-daang uri ng selula, bawat isa’y importante sa pang araw-araw na gawain. Ang mga selulang ito ay responsable sa iba’t ibang mahahalagang proseso nang ating pangangatawan tulad nang pagtibok ng ating puso, pag-iisip, paglilinis nang ating dugo, pagpapalit ng selula
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