Archive for March, 2010

Nanobots Kill Cancer Cells

The image below shows an exciting development in cancer cure: nanobots successfully attacking a cancer cell, disabling it. The “attack nanobots” do the work by safely delivering what is called small-interfering RNA (siRNA) to deactivate the protein, thereby starving the tumor cell to death.
Moreover, the team provided the first demonstration that this new type [...]

Men Are “Addicted” To Curvy Female Bodies

Researchers gathered 14 men — a small number, admittedly — and made them look at pictures of curvy women while scanning their brains. The researchers found that looking at curvy bodies activated parts of the men’s brain linked with rewards, including regions associated with responses to drugs and alcohol.
“These findings could help further our understanding [...]