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Biotech Spin-Out Enhances Stem Cell Use in Human Medicine

The London-based company has developed a technique that uses stem cells drawn from the umbilical cord blood of foals or from adult horses’ bone marrow, to…

Information Technology

Smart Mobile Solutions for Emergency Health Assistance

You're far from home, feeling sick and scared. You’re on holiday and vulnerable and you need medical attention immediately. What do you do?If the CASCOM…

Life & Chemistry

Sports cheats beware – new test detects previously undetectable drug

Injecting performance enhancing corticosteroid hormones for other than medical treatment is banned, and tests exist that can detect injected hormones….

Life & Chemistry

Sperm proteome gives “tantalising glimpse” towards the origin of sex

Research published in Nature Genetics today describes 381 proteins present in sperm of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. Whilst more proteins may be…

Life & Chemistry

'Nanorust' cleans arsenic from drinking water

The discovery of unexpected magnetic interactions between ultrasmall specks of rust is leading scientists at Rice University's Center for Biological and…

Life & Chemistry

Tyk2’s Key Role in Human Immunity: Insights from Mouse Models

Dr. Yoshiyuki Minegishi from Tokyo Medical and Dental University and colleagues investigated immunological abnormalities in a patient diagnosed with a unique…

Earth Sciences

Fossil Coral Reef Reveals Past Sea Level Changes at Foul Bay

A fossil coral reef, lying several metres above today’s high tide mark at Foul Bay near Margaret River, points to the high point of the last major sea level…

Life & Chemistry

Gene Therapy Successfully Inhibits Epilepsy in Animal Studies

For the first time, researchers have inhibited the development of epilepsy after a brain insult in animals. By using gene therapy to modify signaling pathways…

Life & Chemistry

Young Rats Show Faster Recovery from Spinal Cord Injury

Neuroscientists had long believed that the only way to repair a spinal cord injury was to grow new neural connections, but researchers at Georgetown University…

Life & Chemistry

'Muscle' protein drives prostate cancer

In a series of lab studies with human prostate cancer cells, the Hopkins scientists were surprised to find overproduction of myosin VI in both prostate tumor…

Physics & Astronomy

Free-Electron Laser Hits 14 kW in Infrared for Navy Applications

“This wavelength is of interest to the Navy for transmission of light through the maritime atmosphere and for material science applications,” said Fred Dylla,…

Studies and Analyses

Study Reveals Impact of Distance on Neighborhood Connections

A new study led by a UC Irvine economist debunks a popular argument against urban sprawl – that living farther from neighbors decreases social interaction. In…

Health & Medicine

Promising New Treatment Targets Tiny Lung Tumors Effectively

Patients with metastatic cancer tumors in their lungs are much more likely to live disease-free if they have an experimental treatment involving shaped-beam…

Earth Sciences

Volcanic Aerosols: Impact on Ozone Destruction Revealed

The new research, spearheaded by Dr Genevieve Millard at the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, discovered that volcanic gases released…

Life & Chemistry

Tarantula Venom and Chili Peppers: A Shared Pain Pathway

The findings demonstrate that some plants and animals have evolved the same molecular strategy to deter predators — triggering pain by activating a specific…

Studies and Analyses

Why our shifty eyes don't drive us crazy

Our eyes are constantly making saccades, or little jumps. Yet the world appears to us as a smooth whole. Somehow, the brain's visual system “knows” where the…

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