April 24th, 2008 by gio | 5 Comments
Bisphenol A, an estrogen-like compound used to line water bottles, has been found to be able to alter gene expression in a breast cancer cell line, a change similar to that seen in high-grade breast cancer lesions. But bisphenol A has been known to affect more than cell lines, and research into its impact on the reproductive system and toxicity has been conducted since the 1960s.
April 21st, 2008 by gio | No Comments
More work in progress on this website…here are a few updates
April 19th, 2008 by gio | 3 Comments
In today’s study, scientists tried to activate certain neurons using what could basically thought of as a “light switch”, and observed females performing a characteristic male courtship song. Although the BBC suggestively calls this a “mind-control sex swap”, we are really not looking at the sex of the flies – but rather, at gender-specific behaviors.
