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Rebecca Nesbit
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- May 14, 2013
- 10:10 AM
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Sneaking viruses into the brain: cancer treatment
by Rebecca Nesbit in The Society of Biology blog
This week, 13th-19th May, a campaign is being launched to highlight the hidden aspects of brain injury and help with the correct diagnosis of these potentially terminal conditions. The campaign is part of Action for Brain Injury (ABI) week, organised by Headway.
Brain injury is an umbrella-term for a number of conditions, including brain trauma, stroke and brain tumours. These conditions can often go unnoticed externally, yet are extremely damaging internally. It is therefore vital that GPs c........ Read more »
Ahmed, A., Thaci, B., Alexiades, N., Han, Y., Qian, S., Liu, F., Balyasnikova, I., Ulasov, I., Aboody, K., & Lesniak, M. (2011) Neural Stem Cell-based Cell Carriers Enhance Therapeutic Efficacy of an Oncolytic Adenovirus in an Orthotopic Mouse Model of Human Glioblastoma. Molecular Therapy, 19(9), 1714-1726. DOI: 10.1038/mt.2011.100
- February 27, 2013
- 12:34 PM
- 117 views
Lung-on-a-chip
by Rebecca Nesbit in The Society of Biology blog
In the news this week has been an interesting approach to replicating human disease in a ‘lung-on-a-chip’ device. The lung-on-a-chip, which is about the size of a USB stick, contains hollow channels lined with living human cells. Applying a vacuum to two channels along the side of the chip allows it to recreate the way in which tissues physically expand and contract during respiration.... Read more »
Huh, D., Leslie, D., Matthews, B., Fraser, J., Jurek, S., Hamilton, G., Thorneloe, K., McAlexander, M., & Ingber, D. (2012) A Human Disease Model of Drug Toxicity-Induced Pulmonary Edema in a Lung-on-a-Chip Microdevice. Science Translational Medicine, 4(159), 159-159. DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3004249
- August 3, 2012
- 08:28 AM
- 320 views
Why do some lakes have a greater diversity of cichlid fish?
by Rebecca Nesbit in The Society of Biology blog
Guest blog from Andrew Helmstetter, Savolainen Lab, Imperial College London One of the major questions that is driving research in speciation biology (the study of how new species evolve) is “why do some groups of species diversify faster than others?” The role environmental factors (e.g. climate or habitat availability) and traits (e.g. morphology, behaviour and their underlying genetics) play in controlling species diversity has been a topic of research for some time. It is unlikely that a........ Read more »
Wagner CE, Harmon LJ, & Seehausen O. (2012) Ecological opportunity and sexual selection together predict adaptive radiation. Nature, 487(7407), 366-9. PMID: 22722840
- July 12, 2012
- 07:28 AM
- 303 views
How does an ant decide what to do?
by Rebecca Nesbit in The Society of Biology blog
Information that individuals could use to decide whether to forage includes their own experience of performing tasks, or their own physiology such as fat reserves. This was investigated in a recent paper published in the Journal for Experimental Biology. The researchers used an ingenious system where worker ants were tagged with RFID chips which operate an artificial ‘door’ to the nest. ... Read more »
Elva J. H. Robinson,, Ofer Feinerman and, & Nigel R. Franks. (2012) Experience, corpulence and decision making in ant foraging. Journal of Experimental Biology . DOI: 10.1242/jeb.071076
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