Scientists on the Way to Rerouting Past Paralysis
Friday, October 31st, 2008This is utterly amazing stuff: Though it will be years before spinal bypass surgery reaches even the clinical-experiment stage, researchers at the University of Washington (UW) and the Washington National Primate Research Center, both in Seattle, have figured out a way to get macaque monkeys in their lab to manipulate temporarily paralyzed muscles in their [...]
Will Purple Tomatoes Kill Cancer?
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008This is fascinating: A new study has shown that, with a little help from science, some fruit may even cure cancer, CBS News correspondent Mark Phillips reports. The trick for genetic scientists was to take the natural cancer-fighting dark pigment that exists in blueberries and cranberries, for example, and produce it in more commonly available fruit … [...]
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