Pluripotent Stem Cell Lines from Human Skin Cells
By Antonio Marques • Nov 22nd, 2007Can the ethical debate final have come to an end? Stem Cells have been created from normal skin cells… First insights from the news.
Archive for the ‘Biology & Biochemistry’ Category
First feline genome sequenced: cats meow into the Genetic Era
By Antonio Marques • Nov 2nd, 2007Cat is the seventh mammal to have it’s genome sequenced.
Science Linked: Bacteria - The Results
By Antonio Marques • Oct 23rd, 2007If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! Sometime ago, I decided to give a shout to all the friendly science bloggers out there calling for articles that talked about bacteria. This was the very first Group Writing Project that I hosted on this blog: Science [...]
Environment Friendly Fuel: Cyanobacteria as Ethanol Producers
By Antonio Marques • Oct 22nd, 2007The World’s dependence on fossil fuels is evermore in highlight. Oil prices have reached high-price records hitting the $90 mark during this week and developed countries are screaming for alternative fuel sources to be developed (at least those who do not profit from oil). Can primitive organisms be the solution?
Transparent Frog: organ development in(-)sight
By Antonio Marques • Oct 4th, 2007A research group from the Hiroshima University, and led by Professor Masayuki Sumida, has created what is to be considered the first four-legged animal with transparent skin. The breakthrough was achieved by successively mating two Japanese Brown Frogs (Rana japoinica) and their offspring that carried a recessive mutation giving them pale skin.
Having a transparent animal [...]
