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Up Close and Personal with Proteins

Dec 14, 2007

MIT's Technology Review has an article about a new tomography technique that "generates a 3-D image [of a human skin cell] with resolution fine enough to distinguish the structures of proteins." Scientists behind the advance say that this will allow people to look at the "uncharted territory" of cells at this resolution, which is about three or four nanometers.

 

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Pig Organ Transplants Considered

The Wall Street Journal reports that the US Food and Drug Administration may soon allow clinical trials that involve transplanting pig organs into humans.

'Poo-Bank' Proposal

Harvard Medical School researchers suggest people should bank stool samples when they are young to transplant when they later develop age-related diseases.

Spurred to Develop Again

New Scientist reports that researchers may have uncovered why about 60 percent of in vitro fertilization embryos stop developing.

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