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- December 11, 2012
- 02:01 PM
- 196 views
Revolutionise Neuroscience, Pee in a Cup
by Nick Sarbiscuit in Science Defined
The title might seem a bit melodramatic, but I’m pretty amazed by some research I found. In a recent article from Nature Methods a research group have put forward the possibility of generating Neural Stem Cells (NSC’s) from urine. Ok so for those who don’t understand all of the above, this is pretty big! (hence [...]... Read more »
Wang, L., Wang, L., Huang, W., Su, H., Xue, Y., Su, Z., Liao, B., Wang, H., Bao, X., Qin, D.... (2012) Generation of integration-free neural progenitor cells from cells in human urine. Nature Methods. DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.2283
- November 23, 2012
- 11:30 PM
- 80 views
How Bread Makes You Better and Florida Makes You Slower
by Nick Sarbiscuit in Science Defined
According to a new(ish) study, nice smells make us nice people. I caught wind of this story (excuse the pun) on the radio the other day and thought I’d do a bit of background to find out what the research is about. I found this article in the Daily Mail, an infamously crap source of science news, [...]... Read more »
Guéguen, N. (2012) The Sweet Smell of … Implicit Helping: Effects of Pleasant Ambient Fragrance on Spontaneous Help in Shopping Malls. The Journal of Social Psychology, 152(4), 397-400. DOI: 10.1080/00224545.2011.630434
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