Tamed

Science of Sri Vidya Benefits DNA Genesis, Says Dr. Sunita Rana Agarwal

...ife, with most people understanding yoga to be different postures practiced for health of the body. Sri Vidya is a technique where the mind too can be tamed and brought into stillness, which itself is meditation. The practice of Sri Vidya does not believe in curtailing desire, it shows desire with a ne...

Human neurons grown in the brains of mice

...servers. The term chimera refers to a Greek mythological creature with the head of a lion and the body of a goat. Such monstrous connotations are tamed in the modern era of pig valves for heart patients and protein drugs manufactured in hamster cells. Still, some critics of human embryonic stem c...

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Researchers Use Poliovirus to Destroy Neuroblastoma Tumors in Mice

...to work in humans, could represent a safe, practical means of treating a deadly childhood cancer and possibly many other cancers in adults. “A tamed poliovirus represents a significant step in finding viral treatments that can kill tumors without harming patients,” said Hidemi Toyoda, M.D., P...

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Johns Hopkins lab scientists tame overactive CF protein

... A team led by Johns Hopkins Children's Center scientists has identified and successfully tamed an overactive protein that plays a key role in cystic fibrosis (CF), a genetic disorder that interferes with the body's ability to transport chloride ...

Plant-derived vaccines safeguard against deadly plague

.... Plague, caused by a rod-shaped bacterium called Yersinia pestis, no longer invokes the "black death" feared throughout history, having been widely tamed since the advent of antibiotics. But a new concern has emerged in recent years with respect to bioterrorism. "There have been discovered some resi...

Researchers extend mouse lifespan by protecting against free radicals

... other age-related diseases. The theory also suggests that if the body could be protected from those free radicals, then age-related diseases could be tamed and organisms ?and ultimately people ?may be able to live longer. Scientists have previously been able to extend the lifespan of mice in lab experi...

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Platinum-rich shell, platinum-poor core

...f copper, cobalt, and platinum. This catalyst demonstrates the highest activity yet observed for the reduction of oxygen. Hydrogen fuel cells are a tamed version of the explosive reaction that occurs between oxygen and hydrogen gases to form water. To allow the reaction to proceed gently and the energy ...