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Mon, 2015/09/07

Running is a pleasant thing. And the happiness, freedom and the feeling of energetic is never just owing to the function of endorphin. A recent study published on Cell Metabolism suggested that dopamine, an important neurotransmitter, has influence on this so-called “runner’s high” too. The researchers pointed out that this “reward effect” in exercise is under the regulation of leptin, which can inhibit the body’s physical activity through dopamine neurons in the brain. Leptin, secreted by the adipose tissue, can help the body to produce satiety. So, the more the fat, the more the leptin.

Thu, 2015/08/27

MIT: 35 Innovators Under 35 in 2015 (Part Two)

In the last post, we have made an introduction about 6 of the innovators. And this post will introduce the rest 8 and the achievement of them. Zhen Gu (34 years old) Zhen Gu recently developed a fingernail-sized patches, covered with more than 100 tiny needles. When you put the patch on the skin, you will feel instantly acupuncture. These needles are filled with tiny capsules, which contains insulin and enzymes. When the blood glucose concentration is too high, the capsule will be opened to release insulin. They are divided into different rates, therefore, insulin is slowly released within h

Wed, 2015/08/26

MIT: 35 Innovators Under 35 in 2015 (Part One)

Recently, MIT Technology Review website has selected 35 Innovators under 35 for the year of 2015, which includes six types of talents- inventors, entrepreneurs, visionaries, pioneers, etc., covering the area of IT, communications, biomedical and others. Those 35 selected people are all of high creativity and at the same time, they are symbols of the most important emerging technologies currently. For instance, biomedical inductees are trying to figure out how the brain works and how can we avoid mental illness. Others are also digging the knowledge behind cancer, trying to open up novel thera

Tue, 2015/08/25

Month-end Check: Biotech study topics in Nature-August

Caution urged over editing DNA in wildlife (intentionally or not) A work describing the use of a gene-editing technique to insert a mutation into fruit files that would be passed on to almost all of its offspring has brought the concern about bioengineering in to a more fierce debate. A lot of scientists feel uneasy about this study: what if the engineered creature escaped from the lab? The mutation might spread quickly through a wild population and the effect would be far beyond imagination. Scientists are trying to develop a system that could make it easier to study genetic changes in organi

Mon, 2015/08/24

Probe into Discovery and Translational Service in Creative BioMart

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Fri, 2015/08/21

Why Human Beings Are Called the Lord of Creation?

Why human beings are the most intelligent animals on the planet? Researchers at the University of Toronto gave an answer to it these days. This owes to a key molecular events. Studies have shown that a small change of PTBP1 protein controls the generation of neurons, helping mammals to evolve larger and more complicated brains. The size and complexity of the brain of vertebrates has significant difference. For example, humans and frogs have independently evolved over 350 million years, and the functions of their brain are quite different. So how is the huge gap formed? Scientists have found t

Tue, 2015/08/18

Mutant Mice Are More Intelligent?

A recent study has found that by inhibiting the expression of PDE4B protein, mice can have higher cognitive abilities. Compared to normal mice, the genetically modified mice were able to remember more distant events, and can solve more complex problems. This study, conducted by a Joint Task Force of Canadian and British, was published in the latest issue of "Neuropsychopharmacology". Phosphodiesterase-4B is a common enzyme in vertebrates. This enzyme is generally expressed in different organs (including the brain), and its function is to interrupt catalytic phosphodiester bond. By changing th

Mon, 2015/08/17

Cell launched Four Featured Cancer Immunotherapy Reviews

Although it has been years since the idea of using immune system to fight against cancer come into being, only until recent years do scientists find some successful treatment strategies. By manipulating the immune checkpoints and T cell activation to exert anti-tumor activity, immunotherapy has been applied to a wider range of malignancies now, while it only showed therapeutic potential in several types of cancers in the very beginning. Recently the Cell magazine, titled as "Harnessing Immunotherapy against Cancer", launched a series of selection reviews, making a comprehensive description of