Novel Technologies News for June 2015

Novel Technologies News Archive

Tissue ‘scaffold’ technology could help rebuild large organs Tissue ‘scaffold’ technology could help rebuild large organs

Scientists have developed a new tissue ‘scaffold’ technology that could one day enable the engineering of large organs.

Lonza Announces Free June BioResearch Webinar: Pluripotent Stem Cells – From Research to Therapy Lonza Announces Free June BioResearch Webinar: Pluripotent Stem Cells – From Research to Therapy

Lonza have announced that it is offering a new webinar, entitled “Pluripotent Stem Cells – From Research to Therapy,” on 16 June and 17 June 2015.

Hormone ‘Erases’ Male Smell for Female Mice Hormone ‘Erases’ Male Smell for Female Mice

Everyone knows that a plate of food doesn’t look as delicious after you’ve already eaten a big meal. But imagine if your internal state actually made you blind to food. In a new study, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have found that state-specific odor “blindness” exists in female mice. Their research shows that female mice cannot sense the odor of male mice when they are in diestrus, the period of sexual inactivity during the reproductive cycle.