Nov 19th, 2008 · The pioneering operation used a section of windpipe engineered in a laboratory with adult human stem cells. Engineering new tissues and organs from stem cells has long been sought as a solution to overcome a chronic shortage of donor organs.
Aug 18th, 2008 · The newest craze in consumer health is adhesive pads filled with "detox" herbs that supposedly suck toxins out of the bottom of our feet while we sleep. An analysis at a California laboratory shows no significant difference between used and unused pads.
Aug 1st, 2008 · A scientist who studied anthrax weapons for the federal government has committed suicide. Bruce Ivins, who worked at the biodefense laboratory at Fort Detrick, Md., was being investigated in connection with the 2001 anthrax attacks that killed five people.
Apr 24th, 2008 · A team of scientists in Canada has developed an efficient way to produce heart cells from human embryonic stem cells, a significant step for potential organ repair. But the study must move to trials with laboratory animals before the cells can be used with human patients.
Jun 29th, 2007 · The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has put a hold on five different types of farmed fish and seafood. Many of these imports contain traces of potentially harmful drugs used to prevent disease in the fish. The drugs are used to treat fungus infections and a class of antibiotics called fluoroquinolones. The anti-fungal drugs caused cancer in laboratory animals.
Jun 18th, 2007 · The Army is turning to sports medicine to try to reduce battlefield injuries. Fort Campbell, Ky., is beginning a new round of training to help soldiers in the 101st Airborne Division. It's billed as a "first of its kind" injury prevention laboratory.
Feb 12th, 2007 · The Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research lab -- or PEAR -- is closing later this month, after 28 years of investigating how human thoughts can influence physical reality. Its findings were largely rejected by the scientific community. Robert Siegel talks with laboratory manager Brenda Dunne.
Dec 6th, 2006 · Two men who design what they call "gadgets for gadgets" talk about their favorite small tools. Aaron Lown and John Roscoe Swartz are the creative directors of Built NY, where they make neoprene totes for computers, cell phones, cameras, baby bottles and the like. Their favorite gadgets are a sharkskin ginger grater and a volumetric flask designed to be used in a laboratory -- but instead used as a wine decanter.