IN THE LAB
Images Of Transparent Mice
The ability to see through the normally colored tissue of mice gives scientists unprecedented insight into the inner workings of the body.
Screening For Liver Toxicity With iPS Cells
A report published in PNAS suggests that iPS-derived cells could be useful in drug screening and personalized medicine.
A New Angle On Infertility
Scientists have found that beta-catenin plays a role in fertility, affecting the structure of both male and female sexual organs.
How Exercise Can Help Depression
Feeling blue? Exercise could boost your levels of adiponectin, thereby helping to relieve the symptoms of depression, scientists say.
Insect Evolution Revealed
Scientists have traced the evolution of insects via an ambitious project involving the sequencing of 1,000 transcriptomes.
New Anti-Tumor Properties Of Old Bone Drugs
Drugs currently used to treat osteoporosis could also be used to treat soft tissue cancers, scientists say.
Controlling Diabetes With Cytokines
Using the cytokine IL-22 instead of insulin to manage Type 2 diabetes could mean fewer injections for patients.
Sex Regulation By RNA Scissors
In persimmons, a battle of the sexes is waged using RNA scissors encoded on the Y chromosome that snip up female-determining genes.
Grafted Neurons Produce Dopamine
Scientists are one step closer to a stem-cell based treatment for Parkinson's disease, with the demonstration that transplanted cells can produce dopamine.
