(University of Nottingham) A physicist from the University of Nottingham and a mathematical modeler from The University of Southampton are joining forces in the hope of answering a biological mystery -- how do our bodies reject some of the drugs that are sent to cure us?
biological mysteryCrossing scientific boundaries to understand the rejection of dr...EurekAlert! - Chemistry, Physics and Materials Sciences Thu, 11/27/2008 - 23:00
MIT: Stripes key to nanoparticle drug deliveryEurekAlert! - Chemistry, Physics and Materials Sciences Sun, 06/08/2008 - 23:00
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) In work that could at the same time impact the delivery of drugs and explain a biological mystery, MIT engineers have created the first synthetic nanoparticles that can penetrate a cell without poking a hole in its protective membrane and killing it. Tags:
Blood Stem Cells Originate And Are Nurtured In The PlacentaScienceDaily Thu, 03/06/2008 - 13:00
Solving a long-standing biological mystery, stem cell researchers have discovered that blood stem cells, the cells that later differentiate into all the cells in the blood supply, originate and are nurtured in the placenta. |
