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Mother’s Blood Biomarkers for Fetal Genomics

Caputring Chromosomes
It’s an astonishing discovery-a fetus’s entire genome is present in the mother’s blood.  Small fragments of fetal DNA [MORE]

MRI to Guide Drug Dosage

MRI and Drug Dosing
Positron emission tomography scans and radioactive labels now allow researchers to image a drug’s effect on [MORE]

Rapid DNA-Based Test for TB

Diagnosing TB
In poor countries, where tuberculosis ravages, the standard technique for detection is a sputum slide under a microscope.  [MORE]

Waves that Unzip

THz Waves
Boian Alexandrov and colleagues at the Los Alamos National Laboratory have made a stunning observation-terahertz waves, which are [MORE]

Biological Sutures

Biologic Suture
Observing that human bone marrow stem cells can survive on polymer threads and then begin to differentiate when [MORE]

Coming Closer to the $1,000 Genome

Ion Torrent Chip to Sequence DNA
In the race to realize “the $1,000 genome,” a small sequencing company, Ion Torrent [MORE]

Using Stem Cells to Test Autism Drugs

Neuron Precusor Cells
Researchers at the University of California-San Diego, and the Salk Institute, have taken skin cells from Rett [MORE]

Forensic Blood Test for Age Determination

Diagnostic Test for Aging
So far, there is no DNA marker for age, but Dutch researchers have found a way [MORE]

Predicting Alzheimer’s

Imaging Early Alzheimer's
Knowing early signs of any disease offers advantages in slowing and preventing debilitating symptoms.  With Alzheimer’s, investigators [MORE]

Breathing Simulated-Air Pollution

Traveling Light
Using different sized fluorescent quantum-dot nanoparticles, scientists at Harvard’s School of Public Health and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical [MORE]

Making Organs with Building Blocks

Cell Block
MIT researchers have developed a technique for building up tissue using hydrogel-encapsulated embryonic stem cells.  They place ESC’s [MORE]

Can Wellness Be Fun?

SCVNGR
Remember scavenger hunts and Scouting merit badges, “Hangman” and board games?  Child’s play promoted physical, cognitive and social development, [MORE]

Mood Monitoring

Mood Monitoring
This piece isn’t about monitoring patients’ health, but detecting nuances of language, reflecting buyers’ moods, could be a [MORE]

Improving the Chances with in vitro Fertilization

Imaging Embryos
By taking time-lapse pictures in dark-field microscopy, a team from Stanford University’s Institute for Stem Cell Biology and [MORE]