PodSpec » Medicine http://podspec.com Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:39:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Native Flu Fighting Proteins http://podspec.com/2009/12/24/native-flu-fighting-proteins/ http://podspec.com/2009/12/24/native-flu-fighting-proteins/#comments Thu, 24 Dec 2009 23:07:42 +0000 cs http://podspec.com/?p=266 A team led by Harvard researchers has discovered a family of naturally occurring proteins in human cells that protect against influenza and other illnesses—a finding that may lead to methods to speed up vaccine production and to new flu prevention drugs for humans.

Shedding greater light on the human body’s first-line defense against the flu virus, [...]]]> http://podspec.com/2009/12/24/native-flu-fighting-proteins/feed/ 0 Molecular Machines http://podspec.com/2009/10/23/molecular-machines/ http://podspec.com/2009/10/23/molecular-machines/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:46:28 +0000 cs http://podspec.com/?p=227 A tiny chemical “brain” which could one day act as a remote control for swarms of nano-machines has been invented.  The molecular device – just two billionths of a metre across – was able to control eight of the microscopic machines simultaneously in a test. Writing in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientists [...]]]> http://podspec.com/2009/10/23/molecular-machines/feed/ 0