IN THE LAB
Duck-Billed Dinosaur Is Japan’s Largest Complete Fossil
The 8-meter-long Mukawa dragon is the largest complete dinosaur fossil to be unearthed in Japan to date.
Teaching Old Tools New Tricks
An ‘old’ cancer detection technology is now being explored as a dengue detection tool in humans.
Eating Soft-Shelled Turtles Spreads Cholera
Soft-shelled turtles, eaten as a delicacy in China, have been implicated in the spread of cholera.
How Fetuses Fight Infections Without Attacking Mom
Fetuses have immune cells that can launch an effective attack against infectious agents and yet do not react against maternal cells.
3D Artificial Skin Used To Treat Spina Bifida In Rats
Scientists have used artificial skin grafts grown from induced pluripotent stem cells to cover the developing spines of rat fetuses while still in the womb.
Removing Old Cells Could Prevent Arthritis
An experimental drug has been shown to prevent osteoarthritis in mice by selectively removing aged cells.
Improving Cotton Without Modifying Its Genes
The methylome of the cotton genome suggests that the economically important crop could be improved with epigenetic modifications that do not affect the underlying genome sequence.
Bend It Like Bamboo
The fibers in bamboo are distributed to maximize flexural rigidity with the smallest volume of wood material possible.
How Too Much Of A Protein Leads To Parkinson’s Disease
Scientists in Japan have revealed that too much of a protein called alpha-synuclein could cause Parkinson’s disease by interfering with vesicle recycling.
