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Would You Like Some Bio-Fries With Your Test Tube Burger?

Test Tube Burger

A while back, scientist Mitsuyuki Ikeda told the world that his burger patties synthesized from human poop could help alleviate the impending food crisis. Suffice it to say, the idea didn’t really appeal to many people’s palates.…

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February 21st, 2012 by: Hazel Chua

Forget the Tooth Fairy, Order a Biotooth

biotooth schematic

A group of British scientists claim that they have figured out a way to make dentures obsolete, with the power of stem cells. Simply put, stem cells taken from a patient will be used to grow a bunch of cells that will grow into a tooth. The cells will then…

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January 3rd, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

Experiment Reveals Gray Hair Means Damaged Dna – So Baldness Means Lack of Dna?

poor-mouse

Can mental or emotional stress damage our DNA? An experiment has shown that the presence of gray hair means that the melanocyte stem cells in hair follicles – that ones that become melanocytes that give color to hair -  have badly damaged DNA. In response, our body forces these DNA…

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June 12th, 2009 by: Lambert Varias

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