Fighting malaria by manipulating mosquitoes' sense of smell
Combating the spread of malaria by manipulating the mosquitoes' sense of smell is the object of an ambitious research project, led by Vanderbilt University, that has been selected to receive $8.5 million as part of the Grand Challenges to Global Health. The initiative, which was launched by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has just announced the selection of 43 "groundbreaking" resea...Manipulating single cell receptor alters animal behavior
Researchers at the University at Buffalo and the University of Pennsylvania were the first to demonstrate that two intracellular events, both stimulated by the same cell receptor, can provoke different behaviors in mammals. The broad implication of the findings may alter the way behavioral neuroscientists think about sub-cellular underpinnings of mammalian behavior, according to the resear...Robots manipulating animal behaviour
Little larger than a thumbnail, the cubic insect-like robots or 'insbots' are technological marvels. Developed under the European Commission's Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) initiative of the IST programme as the project Leurre, the insbots are fitted with two motors, wheels, a rechargeable battery, several computer processors, a light-sensing camera and an array of infrared proximity sen...Manipulating nature: Scientists query wildlife birth-control method
An immuno-contraceptive vaccine causes an animal's immune system to produce antibodies that act against some essential event or structure in the reproductive process. The antibodies can act against sperm, eggs or reproductive hormones, which prevent either fertilization or the production of sperm and ova. Proponents of the technique, which was first tested nearly 20 years ago, regard it...General Practitioner caught for manipulating an illicit relationship with a lady patient
The Medical Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal has cornered a Christchurch General Practitioner for allegedly manipulating a sexual relationship with a lady patient.// As per the woman’s account, the GP even bought her lingerie and advised her about the ideal clothes to wear. The doctor has been slapped with a charge of unbecoming conduct, following complaints by the people connecte...Scientists Discover Key to Manipulating Fat
In what they call a "stunning research advance," investigators at Georgetown University Medical Center have been able to use non-toxic chemical injections to add and remove fat in targeted areas on the bodies of laboratory animals. They say the discovery, published online in Nature Medicine on July 1, could revolutionize human cosmetic surgery and treatment of diseases associated with human obes...