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Wed, 2015/09/16

Eight Applications of Liquid Biopsy (Part One)

Liquid Biopsy, one of the hottest words recently, has been selected as on of the 2015 Top Ten Breakthrough Technology by MIT Technology Review. Years before, it’s only limited to researches, but now it is more frequently used in clinical. Liquid Biopsy, in fact, is to determine the human blood floating DNA fragments using high-speed sequencing. When a person's body has exogenous DNA, such as infants, cancer or organ transplant, this test can provide information. Liquid biopsy allows scientists to locate, research and monitor those interlopers only by exsanguination, and its applications are r

Tue, 2015/09/15

Who Will Win The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?

As it’s approaching to the Nobel Prize month, SCI certainly will make forecast by citation. However, the accuracy is not that satisfactory. Typically, the Nobel Prize mainly rely on the peer recommendation, thus hot and mature areas might win. And since the announcement day for the 2015 Nobel Prize Physiology or Medicine is only 20 days left, the writer would like to make a prediction of it. What technologies might be awarded? Gene Editing This field, however, is obviously the hottest one. Though relatively new, it has been shown to have large application space. Scholars recommend this might

Tue, 2015/09/08

New Pathway Links Epigenetics And Aging Was Found

It has been widely acknowledged for nearly ten years that epigenetic marks change as cells age. For instance, Sir2, which is implicated in the association between calorie restriction and lifespan, is known to affect metabolic pathways and alter the acetyl marks on histones. While, in the latest study, scientists have found another pathways that links epigenetic and aging-H3K36 methylation and it decreases as yeast and worm cells age. “This finding provides further support for the idea that as cells age, you are inclined to get more open and permissive chromatin.” commented Shelley Berger, se

Mon, 2015/09/07

Novel Explanation for “Runner's High”

Running is a pleasant thing. And the happiness, freedom and the feeling of energetic is never just owing to the function of endorphin. A recent study published on Cell Metabolism suggested that dopamine, an important neurotransmitter, has influence on this so-called “runner’s high” too. The researchers pointed out that this “reward effect” in exercise is under the regulation of leptin, which can inhibit the body’s physical activity through dopamine neurons in the brain. Leptin, secreted by the adipose tissue, can help the body to produce satiety. So, the more the fat, the more the leptin.

Thu, 2015/08/27

MIT: 35 Innovators Under 35 in 2015 (Part Two)

In the last post, we have made an introduction about 6 of the innovators. And this post will introduce the rest 8 and the achievement of them. Zhen Gu (34 years old) Zhen Gu recently developed a fingernail-sized patches, covered with more than 100 tiny needles. When you put the patch on the skin, you will feel instantly acupuncture. These needles are filled with tiny capsules, which contains insulin and enzymes. When the blood glucose concentration is too high, the capsule will be opened to release insulin. They are divided into different rates, therefore, insulin is slowly released within h

Wed, 2015/08/26

MIT: 35 Innovators Under 35 in 2015 (Part One)

Recently, MIT Technology Review website has selected 35 Innovators under 35 for the year of 2015, which includes six types of talents- inventors, entrepreneurs, visionaries, pioneers, etc., covering the area of IT, communications, biomedical and others. Those 35 selected people are all of high creativity and at the same time, they are symbols of the most important emerging technologies currently. For instance, biomedical inductees are trying to figure out how the brain works and how can we avoid mental illness. Others are also digging the knowledge behind cancer, trying to open up novel thera

Tue, 2015/08/25

Month-end Check: Biotech study topics in Nature-August

Caution urged over editing DNA in wildlife (intentionally or not) A work describing the use of a gene-editing technique to insert a mutation into fruit files that would be passed on to almost all of its offspring has brought the concern about bioengineering in to a more fierce debate. A lot of scientists feel uneasy about this study: what if the engineered creature escaped from the lab? The mutation might spread quickly through a wild population and the effect would be far beyond imagination. Scientists are trying to develop a system that could make it easier to study genetic changes in organi

Mon, 2015/08/24

Probe into Discovery and Translational Service in Creative BioMart

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