Researchers develop 'natural bandages' that mimic body's healing process
...imilar to what people use when they cut themselves shaving just put a little dab on there and it's done." The researchers made the mat out of fibrinogen, a natural compound found in the bloodstream. When you get cut, your body activates its clotting mechanism a cascade of reactions where fibrinogen is brok...Top Ramen platelets: just add water
...rming cells that stop you bleeding to death from a shaving cut, are always in high demand from blood banks but have a short shelf life. Using a new process discovered at the University of California, Davis, platelets can be freeze-dried and stored for at least a year at room temperature before being reconsti...Gene 'shaving' could help doctors predict the efficacy of cancer treatments
...l. "One important motivation for developing gene shaving was the wish to identify distinct sets of genes wh... measurements," continues Tibshirani. The gene shaving process involves repeatedly applying a complex mathematical formula to the large sea of genetic expr...