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Science News About New Innovator Awardees
- Wireless Microgrippers Grab Living Cells in 'Biopsy' Tests
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January 12, 2009
Johns Hopkins researchers have invented dust-particle-size devices that can be used to grab and remove living cells from hard-to-reach places without the need for electrical wires, tubes or batteries.
- Science’s Breakthrough of the Year: Reprogramming Cells
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December 19, 2008
By inserting genes that turn back a cell's developmental clock, researchers are gaining insights into disease and the biology of how a cell decides its fate.
- Cells’ Protein-Folding ‘ER’ May Play a Role in Type 2 Diabetes
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November 24, 2008
“It used to be that for a long time, we thought that type 2 diabetes was just your insulin not working – insulin resistance,” says Feroz Papa, MD, PhD.
- Important new step toward producing stem cells for human treatment
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September 25, 2008
Harvard researchers produce iPS cells without use of retroviruses.
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