31 October – 06 November 2016
New Alzheimer's drug hit a milestone in a human clinical trial
A new drug that targets toxic amyloid proteins in the brain – one of the main hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease – has produced such promising results in a small clinical trial. Find source
USDA Approves Genetically Engineered Potatoes
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved commercial planting of two types of potatoes that are genetically engineered to resist the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine. Find source
Nanobionic spinach plants can detect explosives
Spinach is no longer just a superfood: By embedding leaves with carbon nanotubes, MIT engineers have transformed spinach plants into sensors that can detect explosives. Find source
First color images produced by an electron microscope
Imagine spending your whole life seeing the world in black and white, and then seeing a vase of roses in full color for the first time. That’s kind of what it was like for the scientists who have taken the first multicolor images of cells using an electron microscope. Find source
Smoking-Linked Cancer Mutations Mapped
Scientists produce a detailed genomic map of mutations and epigenetic changes associated with smoking tobacco across 17 tumor types. Find source
