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First Bone Marrow Organoids

Miniature ‘bone marrows in a dish’ to improve anti-cancer treatments
“Scientists from Oxford University and the University of Birmingham have made [MORE]

Glucose Metabolites Rather than Glucose in T2D

Key cause of type 2 diabetes uncovered
“Glucose metabolites (chemicals produced when glucose is broken down by cells), rather than glucose [MORE]

Genomic Studies of Lifestyle

The Human Genome Project
Predictive genomics is still in its infancy, but genome wide association studies of diseases, like lung cancer, [MORE]

Genetic Map of Great Britain

Geneticists at Oxford University and their collaborators have produced the first fine scale genetic map of any country (according to [MORE]

3-D Printing of Biological Tissues, Almost

3-D Printer Oxford Droplet Network
Oxford University scientists have developed a 3-D printing method that mimics natural tissue.  The printed [MORE]

First Fully Automated Liver Perfusion Device

Liver Organ Device
Until now, liver transplantation was a race against time—i.e. the time a liver “on ice” remained viable, [MORE]

Do It Yourself Phonocardiograms via a Nokia 3100

mStethoscope
While researchers at Oxford University and the University of Cape Town carried out this R&D project for monitoring heart [MORE]

The African-American Genome

Slavery created a selection pressure that favored for survival those individuals who retained water in their blood, since dehydration [MORE]