Embryonic Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine
The New Scientist surveys current efforts to build regenerative therapies based on the pluripotency of embryonic stem cells: "Tissue grown from human embryonic stem cells, the most prized, and most controversial, cells ever grown in a lab, could at last...

Why Drugmakers Don't Twitter - BusinessWeek
The pharmaceutical industry spent $4 billion on direct-to-consumer advertising in 2008, but only 4% of that amount flowed to the Web—a tiny percentage compared with other huge advertisers, such as auto companies. Drug companies did test the waters...

Some doctors say no more free lunches
Great article on how pharma industry continues to lose access to physicians

Anti-Smoking Vaccine Is Nearing the Market
eldavojohn writes "Almost 6 years ago we discussed a vaccine to help people quit smoking as it entered human clinical trials. Now it looks like the finishing touches have been put on a deal that will go into effect once phase III testing of the drug now...

Intel Says Brain Implants Could Control Computers By 2020
Lucas123 writes "Scientists at Intel are working on developing sensors that would be implanted in a person's head in order to harness brain waves that could then be used to control computers, televisions, cell phones and other electronic equipment....

Drug Makers Raising Prices Before Reform - NYTimes.com
In the last year, the industry has raised the wholesale prices of brand-name prescription drugs by about 9 percent, according to industry analysts. That will add more than $10 billion to the nation’s drug bill, which is on track to exceed $300 billion...

New Dating Sites Match People Through DNA Tests
The Installer writes with this excerpt from an Associated Press report: "A couple of genetic testing companies are promising to match couples based on DNA testing, touting the benefits of biological compatibility. The companies claim that a better...

Top 10 Cyborg Videos
With each passing year, the boundary between man and machine gets slimmer. Bionic ears have become commonplace, motorized prosthetics allow wounded soldiers to care for themselves, and electronic eyes are just over the horizon. Neuroscientists have...

New Dating Sites Match People Through DNA Tests
The Installer writes with this excerpt from an Associated Press report: "A couple of genetic testing companies are promising to match couples based on DNA testing, touting the benefits of biological compatibility. The companies claim that a better...

The Mass Production of Living Tissue
An anonymous reader sends in this moderately disturbing quote from Gizmodo: "I'm touching a wet slab of protein, what feels like a paper-thin slice of bologna. It's supple, slimy, but unlike meat, if you were to slice it down the center...

新的神经元为新的记忆创造空间
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