The researchers found that the hearts of zebrafish harbor progenitor cells that spring into action to restore wounded heart muscle. Cells from a membrane layer…
Scientists working in the emerging field of nanotechnology, which is finding commercial applications for ultra-small material objects, believe that this newly…
Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have demonstrated in a mouse model a new, locally applied treatment for the eye cancer retinoblastoma that…
Now, in a new study, scientists at The Wistar Institute pursuing a promising new immune-system target for anti-atherosclerosis therapies have discovered…
Sangwon Suh, an assistant professor in the University of Minnesota's bioproducts and biosystems engineering department, uses a “life-cycle assessment” approach…
The researchers say that the gene, caveolin-1 (Cav-1), which they found in two major types of breast cells, could be a potential target for future drugs aimed…
Clay is most commonly associated with the sublime experience of the European spa where visitors have been masked, soaked and basted with this touted curative…
The researchers' work has shown that factors affecting the survival of floaters within their settlement areas may directly influence the dynamics of the whole…
By using transgenic tobacco plants that do not shed their lower leaves, they were able to show that shaded old leaves become a burden to a plant because they…
However, wolves have been known to disperse at a rate of 100 km a year, but the Yellowstone wolves have only spread at one-tenth that rate. The slow dispersal…
Many researchers have hypothesized that climatic factors somehow cause species to originate more quickly in tropical regions. In a paper appearing in the…
For years researchers have been trying to understand how a few HIV-infected patients naturally defeat a virus that otherwise overwhelms the immune system. Last…
The mechanical devices, known as Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVADs), are currently used in patients with very severe heart failure whilst they await…
Ecologists have long recognized microbes as decomposers and pathogens in ecological communities. But their role as classic consumers who produce chemicals to…
The new system, which can automatically annotate entire online collections of photographs as they are uploaded, means significant time-savings for the millions…
A new stretch is proving quite effective to help treat and potentially cure plantar fasciitis, a condition that affects nearly 2.5 million Americans each year….
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