Virginia Tech group adds tools to DNA-targeted anti-cancer drugs
Chemistry and biology researchers at Virginia Tech have enhanced the abilities of the molecules they are creating to deliver killing blows to cancer cells. The man-made molecular complexes enter cancer cells and, when signaled, deliver killing medicine or cause the cell to change. The new supermolecules have more units that will absorb light - providing more control over the range of light freque...Virginia Tech, Nanjing Institute researchers discover half-billion year-old fossils
Scientists interested in ancient life have a wealth of fossils and impressions frozen in rocks that they can study from as far back as 540 million years ago ?when animals with shells and bones began to become plentiful. But evidence of complex life older than 540 million years is scant and difficult to study. Now, a research team from Virginia Tech in the United States and Nanjing Institut...Virginia Tech football player uses prototype cast
Virginia Tech's starting running back Cedric Humes was able to play against Boston College despite a broken arm (the ulna bone) thanks, in part, to a prototype composite brace designed for him by Virginia Tech engineers. Brian Love, a professor of materials science and engineering in the College of Engineering, and his biomaterials class met with Mike Goforth, Virginia Tech's director of a...Virginia Tech scientists develop process for creating biocompatible fibers
Scientists at Virginia Tech have developed a single-step process for creating nonwoven fibrous mats from a small organic molecule ?creating a new nanoscale material with potential applications where biocompatible materials are required, such as scaffolds for tissue growth and drug delivery. The research will be presented in the Jan. 20 issue of Science, in the article, "Phospholipid Nonwov...Virginia Tech helping to develop higher quality, disease-resistant wheat varieties
Researchers at Virginia Tech's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences are part of consortium of public wheat breeders and scientists that have been awarded $5 million from the USDA to enable routine use of modern breeding technologies to produce higher quality, disease-resistant wheat. "For the past two decades, an intensive amount of molecular research has been conducted wherein chromos...GE Healthcare lands Virginia Health System deal
Virginia Health System doctors will use GE Healthcare's surgical navigation tools, the...Metavante acquires partners in Virginia and Pennsylvania
On Monday the company announced they have purchased GHR Sy...Viewing Loss Of Virginity As A Social Phenomenon
A new study on how the loss of virginity affects men and women across the spectrum is included in a book called Virginity Lost: An Intimate Portrait of First Sexual Experiences. This is the first book of its kind and // throws light on the changing views regarding one of the most important events in life. We all read and hear the statistics about at what age's men and women begin having sex, but...Technical Reversal Of Virginity Now For Rs.20, 000!
There has been a high demand for hymenoplasty, a surgical procedure performed to restore a woman's technical virginity, in Gujarat//. While several organizations claim it to a scientific triumph, and some others argue that the procedure further compromises the position of women in conservative India, Gujarat surgeons are finding it to difficult to cope up to the demand. More and more...Teenagers Often Deny Taken ‘Virginity Pledges
Taking virginity pledges is gaining popularity among the teenagers in the recent years. But a new study has found that despite such pledges teens deny bluntly that they ever took such vows. // The study also questions whether teens' self-reported sexual histories are a good way of gauging how well they adhere to these pledges, reports foodconsumer.org. Virginity pledges us...Virginity Vows by Teens may Mask Truth
New York, - A study aimed at gauging adolescent health, has said that those teens who swear celibacy and virginity till marriage, show a propensity to cover //the truth about their sex lives , compared to teens who are not so rigid about maintaining their virginity. The study analyzed virginity vows and sexual encounters among students between seventh to twelfth grade. The initial in...Virgin Olive Oil – Good for Hear
A recent research reveals that virgin olive oil is the best among vegetable fats for a healthy heart. This study was published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.// It says heart disease risk is effectively reduced by virgin olive oil. The first pressing of olives gives virgin olive oil. Refined oil comes from subsequent pressings. The former has more amounts of polyphenols than the lat...Allergen, Tree, Virginia Live Oak Tree
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