DNA Repair Pioneers Win Nobel | The Scientist Magazine®

 

 

 

 

Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich, and Aziz Sancar have won this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work elucidating mechanisms of DNA repair.

Source: DNA Repair Pioneers Win Nobel | The Scientist Magazine®

Tech-Savvy Teens Take on Ebola, Heart Disease, and Alzheimers – IEEE Spectrum

Health-related projects at 2015 Google Science Fair are not just child’s play

Source: Tech-Savvy Teens Take on Ebola, Heart Disease, and Alzheimers – IEEE Spectrum

New hydrogel can keep stem cells alive for heart repair | ExtremeTech

A new hydrogel protects stem cells inside the body, making existing therapies a lot more effective.

Source: New hydrogel can keep stem cells alive for heart repair | ExtremeTech

This is world’s first biolimb, a rat forelimb grown in the lab | Sciencedump

From biohacking to robotics, they’re all on the lookout for the holy grail of offering amputees a fully functional replacement limb. But how awesome would it be if you could regrow your own arm in the same manner as a spider? A rat forelimb entirely created form living cells

Source: This is world’s first biolimb, a rat forelimb grown in the lab | Sciencedump