BioPhotonics’ article “Exploding cells, one by one”
BioPhotonics has published an article "Exploding cells, one by one" by Anne L. Fischer on our work on direct single cell mass spectrometric analysis at atmospheric pressure.
http://photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=41135
Gene for empathy?
Researchers, Sarina Rodrigues and Laura Saslow have pinpointed a genetic explanation for why some people are better empathizers than others. According to their research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, they found that genetic differences that lead to effects of hormone oxytocin were linked to their ability to empathize and trust people.
Summary Report
http://bit.ly/SociallyAwkward
Original Article
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2009/11/18/0909579106.abstract
Why pain sometimes lingers?
After injury the pain system becomes hypersensitized, i.e, responding with sense of pain to painless area to protect the healing tissue. However, sometime that pain overstay its usefulness.
See the summary report and the original report in Nature.
Analytical Chemistry’s Research Profile on Single Cell Study
Analytical Chemistry has a research profile on our single cell study titled "Exploring cell insides by explosion" by Erika Gebel.
Links: original article and alternate pdf reprint.