News tagged with microscopic technique


Novel microscopy method offers sharper view of brain's neural network

Shortly after the Hubble Space Telescope went into orbit in 1990 it was discovered that the craft had blurred vision. Fortunately, Space Shuttle astronauts were able to remedy the problem a few years later ...

Neuroscience created Aug 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New research redraws pancreas anatomy

(Medical Xpress) -- Research from Karolinska Institutet shows that insulin secretion in the pancreas is not under direct neural control, as has previously been thought. The few nerves that are present are connected to blood ...

Medical research created Jul 06, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Ovarian cancer cells bully their way through tissue

A team led by Joan Brugge, the Louise Foote Pfeiffer Professor of Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School, recently shed light on how ovarian cancer spreads. In a paper published in the July edition of the journal Cancer Di ...

Cancer created Jun 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

On the path to better bone health

As Australia's population ages, degenerative bone diseases such as osteoporosis and osteoarthritis will take an increasing toll on the nation's healthcare system.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Protein snapshots reveal clues to breast cancer outcomes

Measuring the transfer of tiny amounts of energy from one protein to another on breast cancer cells has given scientists a detailed view of molecular interactions that could help predict how breast cancer patients will respond ...

Cancer created May 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0