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Rewiring the Brain: By Jocelyn Rice | 10/15/2008 | 1 Comment; Rerouting electrical signals around damaged nerves may one day help treat paralysis.

Baldness Genes: By Anna Davison | 10/13/2008 | 0 Comments; Finding the genetic causes could lead to new therapies for baldness.

A Source of Men's Stem Cells: By Nora Schultz | 10/09/2008 | 3 Comments; Stem cells from human testes could be used for personalized medicine.

A Nobel for Illuminating Biology: By Katherine Bourzac | 10/08/2008 | 1 Comment; Three chemists are honored for discovering and developing a glowing jellyfish protein.

Attacking Cancer Stem Cells: By Courtney Humphries | 10/08/2008 | 0 Comments; A screening approach identifies drugs that halt cells that feed tumors.

A Safer Test for Down Syndrome: By Anna Davison | 10/07/2008 | 4 Comments; A noninvasive technique screens maternal blood for fetal DNA.

Five Thousand Bucks for Your Genome: By Emily Singer | 10/06/2008 | 0 Comments; A new sequencing service could change the face of human genomics.

Toxicity-Resistant Crops: By Mason Inman | 10/02/2008 | 8 Comments; Researchers have engineered aluminum-tolerant crops.

Stopping Pandemic Bird Flu: By Lauren Gravitz | 10/02/2008 | 1 Comment; A broad-acting vaccine might be key.

Regenerating Torn Cartilage: By Alexandra M. Goho | 10/01/2008 | 2 Comments; A new biomaterial could improve knee-cartilage repair surgery.

Teaching Bacteria to Behave: By Michael Day | 10/01/2008 | 1 Comment; Single-celled organisms could be "trained" to deliver drugs.

Detecting Brain Chemicals: By Kristina Grifantini | 09/30/2008 | 3 Comments; A new device could help with deep brain stimulation.

Counting Cells in Seconds: By Katherine Bourzac | 09/27/2008 | 0 Comments; A lensless imaging system finds and recognizes the shadows of T cells and bacteria.

What's Delaying Digital Health Records?: By Emily Singer | 09/26/2008 | 17 Comments; The director of the U.S. Office of Health IT Adoption explains why it's so hard to get doctors to go digital.

Stem Cells without Side Effects: By Lauren Gravitz | 09/25/2008 | 5 Comments; Researchers have created healthy stem cells from adult cells--no embryo required.

Longer-Lasting Artificial Eyes: By Katherine Bourzac | 09/25/2008 | 0 Comments; An improved retinal implant stimulates neurons to restore sight.

A Portable DNA Detector: By Belle Dumé | 09/24/2008 | 2 Comments; The latest forensic weapon is a device that identifies crime scene DNA in a few hours.

Cell Type Counts in Spinal Therapy: By Jennifer Chu | 09/24/2008 | 0 Comments; Rats regain motor skills with one kind of cell transplant, get nerve pain with another.

Chemotherapy Gets Personal: By Nora Schultz | 09/23/2008 | 0 Comments; A gene-screening method can predict an individual's response to cancer drugs.

Gene Therapy Painkillers: By Jocelyn Rice | 09/22/2008 | 0 Comments; A treatment, now being tested in humans, may avoid the disabling side effects of opiate drugs.

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Biotech Videos

An Easier Upgrade to Holographic Storage
Friday, October 10, 2008
Watch Brian Lawrence, manager of GE’s Integrated Polymer Systems Lab, in Niskayuna, NY, discuss the history of recording media. He also explains how holographic storage discs are made and how data is written to them.
(7min 48sec)