A research team from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has discovered an approach that could make gene therapy dramatically more effective for patients. Led by professor Eric Arts, PhD, the scientists discovered that the process of gene therapy is missing essential elements thereby reducing the effectiveness of this treatment Continue reading
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"Developing IST Austria – update" – Video
“Developing IST Austria – update” “Developing IST Austria – update” provides a colorful introduction to the scientists and their research on IST Austria campus. Besides Professors Daria Siekhaus, Carl-Philipp Heisenberg, Michael Sixt and Jozsef Csicsvari, the two-minute film includes biologist Sylvia Cremer and computer scientist Chris Wojtan, who talk about the support they are given at IST Austria and the scientific freedom they need to perform world-class research. The updated version also shows the Lab Building East opened on Nov Continue reading
From Kepler to Webb: The History of the Telescope – Video
From Kepler to Webb: The History of the Telescope Hank regales us with the history of the telescope, and then introduces us to some folks from the team who are working on the newest telescope in the chronology – the James Webb Space Telescope, an infrared telescope due to launch in 2018. Continue reading
NASA | Imported Dust in American Skies – Video
02-08-2012 13:16 NASA and university scientists have made the first measurement-based estimate of the amount and composition of tiny airborne particles that arrive in the air over North America each year. With a 3D view of the atmosphere now possible from satellites, the scientists distinguished dust from pollution, and calculated that dust is the main ingredient of these foreign imports. This video is public domain and can be downloaded at: Like our videos? Continue reading
Genetic engineering for synthetic semiconductors
SAN FRANCISCO–Genetic engineering could hold the key to artificially creating semiconductors in a lab. According to technology news site Ars Technica, a team of academics at the University of California, Santa Barbara is looking at ways to create synthetic proteins that could form new structures of silicon dioxide to make computer chips with Continue reading
Now *This* Is a Cell Phone: Using Radio Waves to Control Specific Genes in Mice | 80beats
With some clever genetic engineering but without ever touching a cell or an animal, scientist can remotely control cells using ultrasound, light,and, now, also radio waves. The electromagnetic waves can be used to selectivelyheat up parts of cells and activate a gene to make insulin in mice, according to a recent study published in Science. But why care about radio waves if we have light and ultrasound?Radio waves have a couple distinct advantages over existing techniques. Continue reading