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Flashing Bacteria Used As Alarm System for Arsenic

Friday, January 20th, 2012

Researchers at UC San Diego have built a bacterial light source of about 13,000 biopixels, as they call it. Their work on synchronized fluorescent protein expression was published in Nature last week. This is not only a new form of art but also a piece of high tech bioengineering. The light producing chips consist of more than 50 million bacteria that interact and synchronize with each other using a mechanism known as quorum sensing, a method in which bacteria communicate with their fellows and gives them group-like behavior. Th

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IBM Develops Miniaturized Silicon Probe for Disease Diagnostics

Sunday, January 15th, 2012

Diagnostics / Genetics / Oncology / Pathology by Shiv Gaglani on Jan 13, 2012 • 4:13 pm

Based upon the binding specificity of antibodies to target molecules, immunohistochemistry (IHC) has been used in labs for decades to research protein expression, or lack thereof, in tissue samples. Its a great example of a translational technique that is being used every day in hospital pathology labs around the world to, for example, classify tumor biopsies based on diagnostic markers. T

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Big Ten Network to air two IU-connected ‘Impact the World’ segments

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

INDIANAPOLIS and BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Horse-assisted activities for children with special needs and veterans, and a ground-breaking HIV/AIDS control program in Kenya: These creative and powerful programs at Indiana University will be highlighted this month in “Impact the World,” a new Big Ten Network series debuting Tuesday, Jan. 10.

Hosted by actor Dennis Haysbert, the series will feature breakthroughs and inspiring initiatives from all 12 schools in the Big Ten Conference.

“The two programs from IU, one in the American heartland and the other in Kenya, exemplify a heartfelt tradition at Indiana University of helping and healing our neighbors, as well as people in need around the world,” said Valerie Peña, associate vice president of public affairs and government relations at IU.

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Young Diabetics Struggle To Get Good Night’s Sleep, Health, Behavior Problems Ensue

Sunday, January 1st, 2012

New research finds that many young people with type 1 diabetes struggle to get a good nights sleep and this leads to increased health and behavior problems, such as poorer control of blood sugar and worsening of academic performance. You can read a scientific paper on the findings by lead investigator Dr Michelle Perfect from the University of Arizona at Tucson, and colleagues, in the Januarys issue of the journal Sleep.

Perfect told the press in a statement that:

Despite adhering to recommendations for good diabetic health, many youth with Type 1 diabetes have difficulty maintaining control of their blood sugars.

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Best weight loss food for women and men

Wednesday, December 28th, 2011

A proper diet is an essential part of the successful weight loss program. On the eating habit of a person, the weight loss percentage of that person depends. Both men and women suffer from the problem of the extra pounds and with that, some associated diseases come into the body in a natural course. An ideal weight loss diet plan or meal plan can help in this situation. Normally, eat a lot of vegetables and do not eat the meats, fats, milk r milk related products. Fish, fruits and eggs are allowed but eating meats especially pork, would not help much in the weight loss.

A short term diet program along with a work out session also helps to reduce weight effectively. Read all post…

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