A protein found in the saliva of ticks may spur the development of a new Lyme disease vaccine. Details of the study led by scientists …
Category: Biomedical research
New network to connect studies with volunteers
A new networking service called ResearchMatch has launched with the express goal of connecting volunteers with research studies. Stanford's School of Medicine is one of …
How Stanford scanned a 2,500-year-old mummy
Our videographer Todd Holland just put the finishing touches on his video chronicling the scanning of a 2,500-year-old mummy named Irethorrou. The video shows how …
New burn treatment offered as an alternative to skin grafts
The MIT Technology Review has an interesting story on a new treatment for second-degree burns. According to the article: After removing a small swatch of …
Scans of a Lego MRI set
Over the weekend I noticed this great photo set on Flickr containing scans of a Lego MRI system. Apparently the Lego set was built as …
Your own unique microbial cachet?
For every human cell in your body, there are ten bacterial cells living on or in it. So it's an open question whether "you" are …
Can behavioral changes in virtual spaces affect material world habits?
Here's an intriguing idea: Exorcising unhealthy habits in a virtual world could translate into results in the physical world. A recent anti-smoking study tested this …
Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!
From Science Insider today comes an announcement of a newly minted effort to sequence 10,000 vertebrate genomes. The Genome 10K Project aims to create a …
Lawsuit over human-gene patents goes to court
A first-of-its-kind lawsuit against the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and Salt Lake City-based Myriad Genetics, which holds patents to human genes known to detect …
Scientists decode Wilbur's DNA
New treatments for obesity, heart disease and skin disorders could be developed as a result of an international consortium's success in mapping the genome of …
Ancient mummy meets modern medicine (and daddy, too) at Legion of Honor
State-of-the-art radiological scans of 2,500-year-old mummy on display at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco have yielded an amazing, high-resolution tour through the mummy's …
A century of brain imaging
There's a fantastic gallery of images over at MIT Technology Review showing how our ability to image the brain has evolved over 100 years. The …
More clues about narcolepsy
The Oct. 24 issue of ScienceNews focuses on sleep and discusses researchers' recent findings on insomnia, narcolepsy and other disorders. Stanford researcher Adi Aran, MD, …
Consistency, please
The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) announced today a new policy for disclosure of study authors' financial ties or potential conflicts of interest. …
Cheetahs may provide insights into human muscle function
The fastest animal on earth may one day influence the design of more effective artificial legs or aid in the development of treatments cerebral palsy. …
High-fat foods may tell the brain to splurge
Overindulging on a second piece of pie may have less to do with your will power, or lack thereof, than your choice in foods. A …