Showing posts with label cells. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cells. Show all posts

Friday, 9 July 2010

Hair Keeps Chemical Record of Where Youve Been

Your hair holds clues about where you've been through telltale chemical signs that start out in tap water and end up in your cells.

Even Coke, bottled water and sometimes beer leave a geographic imprint that lasts until you get a trim, because local bottling plants use local water, found a new study.

Source:
http://news.discovery.com/human/hair-forensics-travel.html

Friday, 14 May 2010

MIT Harnesses Biological LEGO Blocks to Build New Organs

Researchers at the MIT-Harvard Division of Health Sciences and Technology have created a new type of biological LEGO� building blocks that can be used to form new organs.

By binding cells together into tiny block-like structures researchers have found that they can precisely recreate human tissues.

Source:
http://inhabitat.com/2010/05/13/mit-harnesses-biological-lego-blocks-to-build-new-organs/