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Pterostilbene may sound more like a spelling-bee stumper than a lifesaver, but if early studies prove correct, this compound, found in abundance in blueberries, could be the foundation of a natural remedy to reduce cholesterol. In head-to-head lab studies against a cholesterol-lowering drug, pterostilbene was just as active as the pharmaceutical in dampening the cholesterol-producing functions of rat liver cells. And because pterostilbene targets a specific lipid-triggering receptor, scientists anticipate that it will have fewer side effects...
...pair of lab-mice studies roared in the world of reproductive biology. In the first, scientists created a mouse born by the fusion of two eggs. In the natural world this is known as parthenogenesis (from the Greek for "virgin birth"), a reproductive strategy used by some insects, invertebrates and the odd fish or reptile but unheard of in mammals. Given the technical difficulty, it's unlikely that you'll see this offered at the local IVF clinic anytime soon...
...time here, Jones has built a skills lab and simulation lab for students to practice minimally invasive surgery—something not available at any other HMS teaching hospital...
...supervillain, single-mindedly devoted to taking over the world; a recluse, never appearing in public without his trademark metal mask; a mad genius, never sleeping so that he can work in his lab all day and night: these are the images maintained by MF Doom. While every aspect of the comic book persona may not be true to life, the description of his work ethic is: MM..Food? is his ninth (ninth!) LP in the last two years, all released under various aliases. Even more impressive than the quantity has been the quality, as all of these have been anywhere...
...test her theory in a lab dish, she needed to get around the problem that human cells die outside the body. She created a patent-pending process to keep them alive, and her efforts paid off. Mather hopes that the Food and Drug Administration in the U.S. will soon approve one of her drugs for human testing. The drug, called raag 12, is a protein that in the dish destroys another protein found in 90% of all gastrointestinal cancers and in 50% of of all breast, lung and prostate cancers. It works by crippling the cancer cell's surface...