What genes are responsible for the development of breast cancer? What are the brain cell mutations that lead to the onset of Alzheimer’s? To find new therapies, scientists have to understand how diseases are triggered at cell level. Experiments on genetically modified mice are an indispensable part of basic medical research. Now a method has [...]
The other day we told you about data falsification and other scientific scandals. Now the world of rogue science has made it to the twitterverse. Check it out: Tweet This Post
The Scientist recently published an article on the Top Science Scandals of 2012. Top scandals included: Professor Eric Smart’s falsification of 45 figures over the course of 10 years A Japanese researcher’s retraction of 172 papers since 1993 A forensic chemist’s forging of thousands of signatures placing 34,000 criminal drug cases at risk Four authors [...]
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Many diseases, including cancers, leave genetic clues in the body just as criminals leave DNA at the scene of a crime. But tools to detect the DNA-like sickness clues known as miRNAs, tend to be slow and expensive. Now a chemist and a biologist from University of Copenhagen have invented a method that promises to [...]
