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KURZWEILAI.NET NEWSLETTER NEWS ==== ************************* Self-assembling cubes could carry medicine, cell therapy KurzweilAI.net Dec. 13, 2005 ************************* Johns Hopkins researchers have devised a self-assembling cube-shaped perforated container, no larger than a dust speck, that could serve as a delivery system for medications and cell therapy. The relatively inexpensive microcontainers can be mass-produced through a process that mixes electronic chip-making techniques with basic chemistry.... http://www.kurzweilai.net/email/newsRedirect.html?newsID=5108&m=9906 ************************* DNA pyramids make their debut nanotechweb.org Dec. 12, 2005 ************************* A simple method to create robust DNA "pyramids" that self-assemble in seconds has been invented by physicists in the UK. Each side of the tetrahedral pyramid is made up of a double helix of DNA. The pyramids can then be joined together to make larger 3D nanostructures on which to build molecular electronic circuits and tiny containers for drug... http://www.kurzweilai.net/email/newsRedirect.html?newsID=5107&m=9906 ************************* Thought control brings pain into line [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dec. 12, 2005 ************************* Researchers have managed to teach people suffering chronic pain to reduce their own discomfort simply by controlling their thoughts. Patients were able to reduce pain by about 50 percent by viewing real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging of the activity in their rostral anterior cingulate... http://www.kurzweilai.net/email/newsRedirect.html?newsID=5106&m=9906 ************************* Trace of Human Stem Cells Put in Unborn Mice Brains AP December 13, 2005 ************************* Scientists have created mice with small amounts of human brain cells in an effort to make realistic models of neurological disorders like Parkinson's disease. Those mice were each born with about 0.1 percent of human cells in each of their heads, raising ethical concerns about mixing human and animal cells in stem cell and cloning... http://www.kurzweilai.net/email/newsRedirect.html?newsID=5105&m=9906
