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Barnacles are able to attach themselves to almost anything. They are found clinging to the hulls of ships, the sides of rock pools and even to the skin of whales. Just how they stick so steadfastly whilst underwater has remained a biochemical puzzle for scientists for many years. Now researchers have solved this mystery, showing that barnacle glue binds together exactly the same way as human blood does when it clots.
2009-10-16
glue barnacle blood clot animal toreadScientists say they have made a synthetic blood-clotting agent that could help wounded troops and patients.
2009-12-18
blood medicine toread transplantA technique which may eventually remove the need for matched bone marrow transplants has been used in humans for the first time. It is hoped that "master cells" taken from umbilical cords could be used on any patient without rejection.
2010-01-18
umbilical cord blood stem cell leukaemia cancer transplantThe test identifies tumour DNA "rearrangements" which are specific to the individual patient. In the future, this "genetic fingerprint" could be used to pick out tiny remnants of a tumour. ... Such techniques are currently very expensive but costs are falling.
2010-02-19
genetics blood cancer detectionIt's perhaps the most controversial religious artefact in the world. The Shroud of Turin cloth that supposedly wrapped Jesus's body after the crucifixion and became imprinted with his image, has intrigued millions of believers and sceptics alike.
2010-04-12
blood fake crucifixion carbon dating age proof religion Jesus Christ Shroud of TurinThe researchers sequenced haemoglobin genes from the DNA of three Siberian mammoths, tens of thousands of years old, which were preserved in the permafrost. The mammoth DNA sequences were converted into RNA (a molecule similar to DNA which is central to the production of proteins) and inserted into E. coli bacteria. The bacteria faithfully manufactured the mammoth protein. The resulting haemoglobin molecules are no different than '...
2010-05-04
mammoth DNA cloning haemoglobin blood climate cold oxygenModified ecstasy could one day have a role to play in fighting some blood cancers, according to scientists. Ecstasy is known to kill some cancer cells, but scientists have increased its effectiveness 100-fold, they said in Investigational New Drugs journal. Their early study showed all leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma cells could be killed in a test tube, but any treatment would be a decade away.
2011-08-18
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