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Can we create viruses and use them to treat cancer?

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Can we create viruses and use them to treat cancer? Published: Viruses can cause cancer, but they also have the power to cure it. Dr Fred Bunz is a molecular oncologist at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the US. Why are adenoviruses useful?

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An educational journey through cell biology

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An educational journey through cell biology Published: Dr Kristina Ames is the Assistant Director for Cancer Research Training and Education Coordination (CRTEC) at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, USA.

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What happens when our blood production system fails?

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Yet for some people, the process that generates these cells does not function properly, potentially resulting in blood cancer. B cells produce antibodies that attack invading viruses, and T cells destroy infected cells in the body. It is a complex mixture of living cells that each have their own important role to play.

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What Is Nanotechnology In Simple Terms ?

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The first step can be to try imagining a billion of something. And, because it’s so small, nanotechnology can influence atoms and molecules in strange ways. Their unique talents interact and combine to create an orchestra’s performance. The phones we use every day depend on nanotechnology.

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What Is Nanotechnology In Simple Terms ?

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The first step can be to try imagining a billion of something. And, because it’s so small, nanotechnology can influence atoms and molecules in strange ways. Their unique talents interact and combine to create an orchestra’s performance. The phones we use every day depend on nanotechnology.

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How to Use CRISPR/Cas9

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However, scientists have found new ways to edit specific genes of organisms to give them new and improved traits. Scientists can make drought-resistant crops, mosquitoes that don’t spread malaria, and so much more. Before we learn how this works, we need to know where it comes from. But how did they do it?

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Could a healthy diet combat multiple sclerosis?

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Vegan diet — a diet that excludes animal products What should we eat? Is it five fruit and vegetables a day we should be counting, or calories consumed? Hinduism tells us not to eat beef, Judaism says it is pork we should avoid, and environmentalists suggest going vegan – yet the supermarket is full of steak and bacon.