Immune response to human embryonic stem cells in mice suggests human therapy may face challenge August 18, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Human embryonic stem cells trigger an immune response in mice, researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine report. The finding suggests that the effectiveness of human therapies derived from the cells could ... | |
New method to overcome multiple drug resistant diseases developed by Stanford researchers August 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Many drugs once considered Charles Atlases of the pharmaceutical realm have been reduced to the therapeutic equivalent of 97-pound weaklings as the diseases they once dispatched with ease have developed resistance to them. | |
Researchers uncover attack mechanism of illness-inducing bacterium August 18, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
An infectious ocean-dwelling bacterium found in oysters and other shellfish kills its host's cells by causing them to burst, providing the invader with a nutrient-rich meal, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have ... | |
Switching it up: How memory deals with a change in plans August 18, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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You're about to leave work at the end of the day when your cell phone rings: it's your spouse, asking that you pick up a gallon of milk on the way home. Before you head out the door, though, your spouse calls again and asks ... | |
 Researchers Study Facial Structures, Brain Abnormalities to Reveal Formula for Earlier Detection of Autism August 18, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Recently, Harvard researchers reported that children with autism have a wide range of genetic defects, making it nearly impossible to develop a simple genetic test to identify the disorder. | |
 Cells in eye could help control sleep August 18, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- A set of nerve cells in the eye control our levels of sleepiness according to the brightness of our surroundings, Oxford University researchers have discovered. The cells directly regulate ... | |
Researchers link cocoa flavanols to improved brain blood flow August 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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Cocoa flavanols, the unique compounds found naturally in cocoa, may increase blood flow to the brain, according to new research published in the Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment journal. The researchers suggest ... | |
1918 flu antibodies resurrected from elderly survivors August 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Ninety years after the sweeping destruction of the 1918 flu pandemic, researchers at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt have recovered antibodies to the virus – from elderly survivors of the original outbreak. | |
Experiments could lead to new treatments for neuroblastoma August 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Neuroblastoma is one of the most devastating diagnoses a child can receive. The cancer's victims average 2 years old when the disease is detected, most often by a parent feeling a lump in a child's abdomen. By then, the disease ... | |
By amplifying cell death signals, scientists make precancerous cells self-destruct August 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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When a cell begins to multiply in a dangerously abnormal way, a series of death signals trigger it to self-destruct before it turns cancerous. Now, in research to appear in the August 15 issue of Genes & Development, ... | |
 Study finds way to prevent protein clumping characteristic of Parkinson's disease August 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have identified a protein from a most unlikely source -- baker's yeast -- that might protect against Parkinson's disease. More than a million ... | |
Model for angelman syndrome developed August 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
A model for studying the genetics of Angelman syndrome, a neurological disorder that causes mental retardation and other symptoms in one out of 15,000 births, has been developed by biologists at The University of Texas at ... | |
Blood pressure response to daily stress provides clues for better hypertension treatment August 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
How the body regulates blood pressure in response to daily stress is the focus of a study geared toward helping people whose pressure is out of control. | |
Scientists to study synthetic telepathy August 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 47 vote(s)
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A team of UC Irvine scientists has been awarded a $4 million grant from the U.S. Army Research Office to study the neuroscientific and signal-processing foundations of synthetic telepathy. | |
'Erasing' drug-associated memories may stop drug addiction relapses August 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- 'Erasing' drug-associated memories may prevent recovering drug abusers from relapsing, researchers at the University of Cambridge have discovered. | |
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