molecular biology
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Australian Scientists Think Poisonous Snail Goo Could Rescue Diabetics
Cone snails employ a fast-acting venom to paralyse their prey. But what is bad news for fish is good news for diabetics. New research suggests the “weaponised insulin” produced by these sea critters is far more efficient than conventional medicines used to treat high blood sugar.
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Scientists Turn Skin Cells Into Brain Cells, Using Alzheimers Patients
You are looking at freshly-made human neurons, or brain cells. But they used to be common skin cells. And their existence could change how we treat Alzheimers.
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An Opossum May One Day Save You From A Deadly Snakebite
While many of us hold the opossum in about as much esteem as a sewer rat, turns out, we ought to be showing this particular urban trashivore a lil’ more respect. Opossums may end up saving thousands of humans from deadly snakebites each year.