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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.
Li Jinsong Wins 2014 Ho Leung Ho Lee Award
The Chinese Academy of Sciences' Professor Lin Jinsong has been awarded the Ho Leung Ho Lee Science and Technology Innovation Award.
The Pros & Cons Of Hiring A PhD
Having a PhD level staff on your team can be a great boon to any organization—provided you give them the right kinds of work.
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.
Vietnam Eyes Water-Saving Tech For Rice Farms
Although alternate wetting and drying technology can reduce water usage and greenhouse gas emissions, getting rice farmers to adopt this practice could be difficult.
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.
WEST Symposium Promotes Women In Science
The inaugural Women in Engineering, Science, and Technology Symposium held on November 7, 2014 is aimed at attracting women to science and engineering careers.
