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11/21/2012

An exciting study, published in the new peer-reviewed research journal eLife, has linked a specific mammalian hormone to the process of aging, and showed that the average lifespan of mice who produce large amounts of the substance can potentially increase by up to 40%.

An exciting study, published in the new peer-reviewed research journal eLife, has linked a specific mammalian hormone to the process of aging, and showed that the average lifespan of mice who produce large amounts of the substance can potentially increase by up to 40%. Through their groundbreaking ...

08/08/2012

http://www.labgrab.com/users/jeffrey-serrill/blog/flightless-i-future-target-prevention-metastatic-cancer_id%3D1347

Researchers from the University of Toronto have recently identified a protein, Flightless I, which plays an important role with regard to the ability of cells to migrate through a given space, or from one tissue type to another. Though their research paper, published in the August 2012 issue of the...

07/25/2012

http://www.labgrab.com/users/jeffrey-serrill/blog/out-atmosphere-and-seafloor-moving-carbon-iron-induced-diatom-blooms_id%3D1

In the midst of a growing public awareness over issues related to global climate change, a less commonly known controversy has been unfolding over the past decade with regard to the process of “ocean fertilization” as a means to curb excess carbon accumulation in the atmosphere. On July 19th, a pap...

05/31/2012

A new approach to treatment of traumatic brain injuries
http://www.labgrab.com/users/jeffrey-serrill/blog/claudin-5-targeting-yields-new-approach-treatment-traumatic-brain-injurie

04/20/2012

New UK Air Pollution study in Journal of Environmental Science.

http://labgrab.posterous.com/mit-study-links-air-pollution-and-early-death

Researchers find car exhaust causes more premature deaths than car accidents.Homepage Hed: Car exhaust causes more premature deaths than car accidents CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- In a study appearing this month in the journal Environmental Science and Technology , MIT researchers report that emissions from

04/16/2012

Compound found in Red Wine may help fight obesity. See full story and video.

http://www.labgrab.com/users/jeffrey-serrill/blog/piceatannol-prevents-progression-preadipocytes-fat-carrying-adipocytes_id

The development of obesity has become an epidemic in the United States, with rates measured as high as 35% when the entire population is taken into account. The prevalence of obese individuals has roughly tripled since the 1960s, primarily as a result of poor diets and sedentary lifestyles. Thus, ...

04/03/2012

We have posted a set of videos from Pittcon 2012. Primarily product overviews from 14 different companies. Enjoy them at our Youtube Channel below.

http://www.youtube.com/user/LabGrab

03/06/2012

http://www.labgrab.com/users/jeffrey-serrill/blog/bmi-1-knockout-mice-display-significant-neurodegenerative-characteristics

An interesting study has recently been published in PLoS which connects the polycomb repressor protein Bmi-1 to the processes of premature brain degeneration in mouse models. By characterizing the role which this molecule plays in the normal functioning of the nervous system, the study provides som...

02/21/2012

http://labgrab.com/users/jeffrey-serrill/blog/using-molecular-ozone-destroy-prions-new-methods-preventing-infection_id%3D

An effective method for the decontamination of infectious wastes has recently been investigated by a Canadian research team, one which is hoped to provide more thorough sanitation procedures for a variety of settings, including hospitals, water treatment facilities, and slaughterhouses. This method...

02/03/2012

http://www.labgrab.com/users/jeffrey-serrill/blog/volcanic-hazards-death-valleys-ubehebe-crater-cause-concern_id%3D1261

Researchers from Columbia and Purdue universities have recently utilized an interesting method to infer the timeframe of the volcanic events which created Ubehebe Crater in Death Valley National Park. By examining rock samples which had been created in those events, these researchers are the first ...

01/28/2012

http://www.labgrab.com/users/jeffrey-serrill/blog/british-antarctic-survey-begins-mission-study-subglacial-lake-ellsworth_i

Methods for a large-scale scientific mission to a subglacial lake in Antarctica were published earlier this month in the journal Reviews of Geophysics. These plans, which involve drilling into Lake Ellsworth on the Antarctic continent to collect a number of microbial and ice core samples, are belie...

01/11/2012

http://www.labgrab.com/users/andrew-hau/blog/meet-roku-hex-and-chimero-worlds-first-chimeric-monkeys_id%3D1250

Researchers at Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU) have created the world’s first chimeric monkeys, which may contain as many as six distinct genomes. Named Roku, Hex, and Chimero, these rhesus monkeys were produced by successfully aggregating multiple embryos and implanting the mixed embryo in...