How do oxygen levels affect cell metabolism?
Will the discoveries that won the Nobel Prize for Medicine help in the fight against anaemia and cancer? The story so far: This year, the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine was awarded to three scientists, William G. Kaelin Jr. from Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Maryland, U.S., Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe from Francis ...
Possible to grow crops on Mars, Moon for future explorers: Study
They cultivated ten different crops, including garden cress, tomato, radish, rye, quinoa, spinach, chives, and peas. Scientists have produced crops in Mars and lunar soil simulant developed by NASA, supporting the idea that it is possible to grow food on the Red Planet and the Moon to feed future settlers. The researc...
Humans have 'salamander-like' ability to regrow cartilage: study
Cartilage in the ankles were young, and those at the knee were middle-aged. Salamanders, zebrafish and Mexican walking fish are known to be experts at regenerating lost limbs. They pull off this extraordinary feat by using a circuit of microRNA (miRNA) in their body. Now a research from Duke University, U.S. have shown t...
