Day: September 2, 2010

An antibacterial peptide developed by Laszlo Otvos, a research professor of biology in Temple’s College of Science and Technology, looks to be a highly-effective therapy against infections in burn or blast wounds suffered by soldiers. Otvos and his collaborators found…

Human pluripotent stem cells, which can become any other kind of body cell, hold great potential to treat a wide range of ailments, including Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injuries. However, scientists who work with such cells have…

Most people think about the visible impacts that healthy eating have on our lives, yet fail to consider what poor dietary habits can do to our careers. A 2005 study conducted by the International Labour Organization (ILO) based in Geneva…