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Military Uniforms Of The Future Will Automatically Turn Into Chemical Suits In The Presence Of Threats
Next-gen combat fatigues could incorporate a new kind of breathable fabric that instantly turns into a protective shell in the presence of chemical or biological threats.
Baking up a cure for Lou Gehrig's disease?
Drug developers may soon have new drug targets forĀ Lou Gehrig's disease, thanks to some promising studies of yeast. Details are highlighted in the journalĀ Nature Genetics.
You may not expect yeast to have many human parallels, but scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine and San Francisco's Gladstone Institutes were able to mimic the disease in baker's yeast by achieving higher-than-normal levels of expression of theĀ RNA-binding protein TDP-43. Eventually, within the cells' cytoplasm, the protein bunched into deadly clumps, similar to how it advances inĀ ALSĀ patients. In humans with the neurodegenerative condition, TDP-43 builds up in clumps in parts of spinal cord neurons, the researchers explain. Patients with ALS also often have TDP-43 mutations.
Read more:Ā Baker's yeast yields possible Lou Gehrig's disease drug target - FierceBiotech ResearchĀ http://www.fiercebiotechresearch.com/story/bakers-yeast-yields-possible-lou-gehrigs-disease-drug-target/2012-10-29#ixzz2AnpB1fptĀ Subscribe: http://www.fiercebiotechresearch.com/signup?sourceform=Viral-Tynt-FierceBiotech Research-FierceBiotech Research
Downloadable vaccines?
A woman has a new ear, thanks to a mind-blowing procedure performed at Johns Hopkins.
42-year old Sherri Walter had cancer on her ear and it had to be removed, as well as many of the structures inside her head.
Doctors decided to make her a whole new ear.
They took cartilage from her ribs and they shaped it into an ear. They then took that cartilage and put it under her forearm.
Read more:Ā http://www.abc2news.com/dpp/news/health/hopkins-doctors-make-new-ear-for-woman-on-her-arm#ixzz28k5jEPCD
Nanotechnology never fails to blow my mind.
Two paralyzed patients successfully manipulate a robotic arm just by thinking about how they would move their own limbs if they could.
Two patients who lost the use of their limbs (and the ability to speak) following brainstem strokes successfully reached out and touched a foam ball, thanks to a small array of electrodes implanted on their motor cortexes and a robotic arm that followed the command of their neurons, according to aĀ NatureĀ paper published today (May 16).
A tiny prototype robot that functions like a living creature is being developed which one day could be safely used to pinpoint diseases within the human body.
In fiction, silver bullets can slay werewolves and witches. But researchers now believe they can use silver particles, in essence, to slap down cancer.
Researchers envision silver compounds as being much safer than chemotherapy for healthy human cells during cancer treatment. A new study from the University of Leeds in the U.K. offers some evidence they can be at least as ferociously effective as a chemotherapy drug. Details are published in the journal Dalton Transactions.
Read more: Silver, slayer of werewolves, explored as cancer fighter - FierceBiotech Research http://www.fiercebiotechresearch.com/story/silver-slayer-werewolves-explored-cancer-fighter/2012-02-06?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal#ixzz1liBEhbJN Subscribe: http://www.fiercebiotechresearch.com/signup?sourceform=Viral-Tynt-FierceBiotech Research-FierceBiotech Research
Scientists Announce Worldās First Magnetic Soap
University of Bristol scientists have developed a magnetic soap that could potentially one day be useful in oil spills and revolutionize cleaning products.
The soap is produced by dissolving iron in a range of inert surfactant materials composed of chloride and bromide ions ā much like those found in mouthwash or fabric softener. This means the soap and the materials that it dissolves can be readily removed by applying a magnetic field.
Having contributed in large part to the Internetās very existence, DARPA is now setting out to make its secure networks more secure. But rather than relying upon the conventional notion of a password--a complex string of letters and numerals that an individual must remember--the agency is looking to create a ācognitive fingerprintā for individuals that constantly authenticates that person for the duration of the time he or she has access to a network.
Usually this account is dedicated to cool (and sometimes weird) stuff, like sci-fi science. Today, DynPort shared results of our botulinum neurotoxin vaccine Phase 2 clinical trial, and we think that's pretty cool too.
There's no licensed vaccine against botulism, and it's on the CDC's Category A threat agent list. We're developing this vaccine for the U.S. Department of Defense, to protect our nation and our warfighters. Thanks for taking a moment to learn more about it.
Cool - a self-sanitizing keyboard! And, it's FDA-approved.
Vioguard's keyboard retracts, when not in use, into a case where germicidal ultraviolet lights kill microorganisms including influenza and MRSA.
The Pentagon hasnāt come close to solving the PTSD crisis plaguing the current generation of troops. And the top brass looks like itās ready to try anything ā like a major push into a cutting-edge, controversial realm of treatment. One thatād see military personnel popping a pill to wipe away the fear they associate with traumatic memories.
The Color of Danger in Nature Animals and plants have evolved visual warning to alert other animals (including people) that they are toxic or unpalatable. A new study has found that nature works in predictable ways, with certain colors, patterns and visual characteristics communicating, āBack off or be sorry.ā
This Scorpionfishās bright colors are a warning about its sharp spines coated with venomous mucus.
Hereās a look at the color strategies of various animals and plants. Ā Ā Ā Animals and plants use color to warn off predators and to let us know they are toxic. See how they do it.
More sci-fi science, from MIT Technology Review
Tiny Magnets Could Clear Diseases from the Blood
Researchers make magnetic nanoparticles that can latch on to harmful molecules and purge them from the blood.
My guest, Dr. Nathan Wolfe, says we live in the āage of pandemics.ā Better than dying in the age of pandemics.
STEPHEN COLBERT, The Colbert Report.
Public health folks, communicable disease experts and epidemiologists will love that joke.
(via inothernews)
(Itās okay. laugh :)Ā )
"Vampire" bacteria may serve as living antibiotic
No picture, but imagining it has tiny fangs. Article, from Homeland Security Newswire:
A vampire-like bacteria that leeches onto specific other bacteria -- including certain human pathogens -- has the potential to serve as a living antibiotic for a range of infectious diseases, a new study indicates.
