Rssfeed
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
Beyond
 
Biotechnology
Business & Work
Communication
Culture
Economics
Education
Energy
 
 
Fb
Erm
Fog_ad1
Futureofrobots

Scans Blogs
Hottest Scans
There is/are no "Hottest Scans" for the selected filter options at this time.
Newest Scans
5

Higher Education Reimagined With Online Courseware

by il pinolo | 4 Comments
7

What will bathrooms look like in the future? - Holy Kaw!

by Accel Rose | 11 Comments
7

Prosthetic Fingers That Grab Gracefully

by il pinolo | 2 Comments
7

Robot-Human Marriages Inevitable by 2050 says Levy

by Accel Rose | 3 Comments
9

Future Human Evolution Art Gallery

by evo4ata | 1 Comments
7

Twitter Predicts Box-Office Sales Better Than HSX

by Accel Rose | 0 Comments
8

Undersea volcano may collapse, cause devastating Italian tsunami

by Accel Rose | 1 Comments
8

Does the Splinternet Signify End of Web Golden Age?

by Jeff Hilford | 1 Comments
9

Replacement Bones, Grown to Order in the Lab

by il pinolo | 2 Comments
8

US Army meets with Apple, discusses tech for soldiers

by Accel Rose | 0 Comments
10

Semantic Future

by Jeff Hilford | 1 Comments
8

The world's only immortal animal

by Jeff Hilford | 0 Comments
Top Scanners
There are no Top Scanners at this time.
Hot Blog Posts
5

The Future of Collaboration Begins with Visualizing Human Capital

by VenessaMiemis | 3 Comments
5

Your Time and Mine

by Jason | 3 Comments
4

Web-Mediated Learning Found More Effective Than the Traditional Cla...

by memebox | 3 Comments
2

Researchers Design Nanoscale Fuel Cell Catalyst Using Less Platinum

by Garry Golden | 0 Comments
3

[Video] NY Times Features Electric Car Startups Fisker Karma and A...

by Garry Golden | 2 Comments
5

NPR's Interactive Map of US Electricity Grid and Solar-Wind Potential

by Garry Golden | 0 Comments
3

[Video] 60 Minutes Clean Coal Program Misses Chance to Introduce Bi...

by Garry Golden | 2 Comments
3

Obama Administration announces $777 million for Energy Frontier Res...

by Garry Golden | 0 Comments
5

Northeastern Researchers Use Coated Nanotubes to Improve Splitting ...

by Garry Golden | 0 Comments
4

Asimo Controlled By Human Thought (Video)

by Alvis Brigis | 0 Comments
Random Scans
7

Google Signs a Deal to e-Publish Out-of-Print Books

by Mielle Sullivan | 0 Comments
9

Facebook: More Popular Than Porn

by Marisa Vitols | 0 Comments
5

The Future of Presence

by Zora Styrian | 0 Comments
7

The future of journalism is more opinionated

by Mielle Sullivan | 0 Comments
5

Newspapers Must Go Mobile to Stay Alive

by Zora Styrian | 0 Comments
10

Biggest Digital Threats in 2008

by Venessa Posavec | 0 Comments
 
Biotechnology - 2008

Controlling Cell Behavior with Magnets

http://www.technologyreview.com/Nanotech/20087
Scanned by: Fishka over 5 years ago
For the first time, researchers have demonstrated a means of controlling cell functions with a physical, rather than chemical, signal. Using a magnetic field to pull together tiny beads targeted to particular cell receptors, Harvard researchers made cells take up calcium, and then stop, then take it up again. Their work is the first to prove that such a level of control over cells is possible. If the approach can be used with many cell types and cell functions, it could lead to a totally new class of therapies that rely on cells themselves to make and release drugs.
Login 15 Login
Type: Discovery  |  Also: , , |
  Tags
cells, harvard, research, drugtherapy, nanotechnology

0 Comments - Links & Resources - Email This - Permalink - Recommend
 
 

Related Links and Resources

Add a Link or Resource
No link or resource associated with this scan

 

Comment Thread (0 Responses)

New Comment
 

 

Link Buttons
Get a Future Scanner Button for this article Stumble It! submit to reddit Save To Del.icio.us
MemeBox.com • Future Scanner • Feeds • Join
Contact Us • Press • About • Privacy Policy © 2008 Memebox, LLC.