After 6 months in orbit, Caenorhabditis elegans return to Earth—alive and well.
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Researchers find that newts are capable of regenerating body parts well into old age.
Full Professor and Senior Research Group Leader, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases. Age: 42
Cut off a newt’s tail or a leg, or remove a lens from its eye, and it grows back. However, whether newts can continue to do this throughout their lives, or lose the ability as they get older, has remained a mystery. Now, in an experiment spanning 16
Tagging antibodies with rare earth metals instead of fluorescent molecules turns a veteran technique into a high-throughput powerhouse.
A genetically engineered smallpox vaccine improved the survival of liver cancer patients participating in a phase II clinical trial.
Platelets play a role in capturing bacteria and initiating an immune response against them.
Scientists are questioning the results of a malaria vaccine trial that were released last week.
Inadequate poultry immunization programs may cause higher mutations rates in the bird flu virus, rendering the vaccine ineffective and increasing the threat of cross-species transmission.
Data from the Phase III trial of a malaria vaccine breeds hope for immunization as a possible weapon against the dreaded disease.
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