In the left corner, wearing the white coat, Dr. Qi-Long Ying!
Call it a Boxing Day breakthrough, research appearing in the December 26th issue of Cell could go down in history as a knockout event! For the first time, a group of scientists have derived rat embryonic stem cells, a finding that is likely to revolutionize [...]
Tag Archives: Medicine
Dec
26
2008
A Boxing Day “Knockout”
Dec
02
2008
Anti-Epilepsy Drug Linked to an Increased Risk for Autism
A study released today in Neurology reports that mothers treated with valproate during pregnancy were seven times more likely than untreated mothers to have a child who developed autism. The study, conducted by the Liverpool and Manchester Neurodevelopment Group, suggests there is a potentially increased risk for autism in children exposed prenatally to valproate, a [...]
Nov
21
2008
Fish on Prozac
While a story about mellow, happy fish may sound like a sport-fisherman’s dream, Prozac in the water could prove to be a fish’s worst nightmare. Fish and invertebrates living downstream of urban water and sewage treatment plants around the world have detectable levels of antidepressants in their systems. While actual concentrations in surface waters are [...]
