Vaccine from Space

Well, it may not actually be from space. However, some experiments on the International Space Station could lead to a vaccine against nasty salmonella bacteria.
(Now, I actually had salmonella once. It’s not fun. So if a spaceman brings something back, sign me up for preliminary tests.)
The tests showed that in weightlessness, salmonella actually becomes more [...]

New uses for tobacco that may be… healthy

Research recently published in this week’s Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences show some pretty interesting prospects related to HIV.
There is a drug, known as griffithsin, which has proven to protect some people from HIV by preventing the virus from colonizing in the vaginal lining.
Unfortunately, the only natural source for griffithsin is a lone [...]

Teeth, Teeth, and more Teeth

You know that guy in your dreams, when, after you do something really embarrassing he laughs at you? See, in my dreams, that guy has like, two teeth. I’m sure everybody has met this guy and noticed his lack of enamel, but science has struck again. He may be saved.
University of Rochester lab coat guys [...]

Bye-bye bad memories – hello gaps in space and time

Ok, so we all have those memories that sit locked deep in the chasm of our brains. The ones we really don’t want to relive. Be they embarrassing, painful, or just plain bad, we really would like them to just go away … forever.
Well, some psychologists have come up with a concoction of pills that [...]

Diabe-tats?

I don’t have diabetes. I don’t want diabetes. In fact, from what I know, diabetes kinda’ sucks. It especially sucks if you don’t like pricking your finger all the time to test your blood-glucose levels. Your diet can be screwy and it’s a very serious illness, potentially fatal to some.
But what, Columbia, would you say, [...]