Orphan. It’s such a lonely word. And when coupled with the word “disease,” it’s downright scary. The truth is I had never heard of the …
Category: Biomedical research
CT images of crocodile mummies scanned at Stanford
Here by popular demand are two very preliminary renderings of one of the Greco-Roman crocodile mummies scanned last week at Stanford. These images were generated …
Study links bacteria in gut to size of a "gut"
Right now there's a sizable colony of microbes roaming around in your gut and it may surprise you to learn that many of those microbes …
Ancient crocodile mummies scanned at Stanford
Conservators at the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum at UC Berkeley are in the midst of reviewing CT images of a pair of crocodile mummies, which …
Baby woolly mammoth scanned for Chicago museum
Apparently mummies aren't the only ancient creatures being scanned these days. Now GE Healthcare has donated time on its MR and CT scanners to The …
Do siestas make you smarter?
I don't know about you, but I've been mourning the loss of afternoon naptime ever since preschool graduation. That is why I was excited to …
Researchers reveal causes of King Tut's death
A combination of bone disease and malarial infection likely killed Ancient Egypt's most well-known pharaoh, Tutankhamun, according to a study published in Journal of the …
Tiny DNA circles advance stem cell therapy prospects
The promise of stem cells sometimes seems no more than a distant glow on the horizon, particularly for patients afflicted with devastating conditions that could …
The cruelty of fraudulent stem cell therapy
Unethical companies are finding desperate patients who are willing to pay big money for unproven stem cell "treatments." This may harm not only patients, but stem cell research itself.
Unethical companies are finding desperate patients who are willing to pay big money for unproven stem cell "treatments." This may harm not only patients, but stem cell research itself.
Count down to stem cell news in 3, 2, 1
Have you ever wondered why big science news (like today's announcement by Stanford stem cell researchers) tends to be published simultaneously by many major media …
Stem cell breakthrough: Science over classical music
Marius Wernig, MD, is a researcher with training in classical music. Today he has a groundbreaking study coming out on stem cells in Nature. He …
Extraordinary Measures: a film about metabolic disease
The new CBS film Extraordinary Measures, which opens in wide release tonight, describes a father's struggle to save his children from Pompe disease, a rare …
Study raises health concerns about non-stick chemical PFOA
A chemical known as perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) has been linked to an increase in thyroid disease, according to findings recently published in Environmental Health Perspectives. …
Don't miss Science Friday this week!
Stanford stem cell researcher James Weimann, PhD, is slated to be interviewed tomorrow on the highly regarded (and very fun) Science Friday program on National …
Tinnitus: the ear’s version of phantom limb?
A treatment for tinnitus has similarities to treatments for phantom limb pain, and may reveal a similar cause in the brain
A treatment for tinnitus has similarities to treatments for phantom limb pain, and may reveal a similar cause in the brain
Why study evolution?
I worried after my post yesterday that I didn't do enough to explain why we should care about the evolution of the threespine stickleback. As …