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Human stem cells delay start of Lou Gehrig's disease in rats

The grafted stem cells develop into nerve cells that make substantial connections with existing nerves and do not themselves succumb to Lou Gehrig's, also…

Health & Medicine

Engineered Drug Promises Lasting Relief for Arthritis Sufferers

The modified drug, which would be injected directly into arthritic joints, could last for several weeks rather than just the few hours the unmodified drug…

Life & Chemistry

Vax and Pax: Collaborative Advances in Eye Development Research

That's why researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies were surprised to find the respective team captains–Vax2, a protein that along with Vax1…

Health & Medicine

Brain Communication Gaps in Adults with Autism Identified

Researchers from the University of Washington's Autism Center will report today at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience on the first study that…

Physics & Astronomy

Element 118 Created: Breakthrough in Nuclear Reactions

Element 118 has been indirectly discovered in experiments conducted at the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions in Dubna, Russia by a collaboration of…

Health & Medicine

Herpes Vaccine Advances: Promising Findings from MSU Study

In a study published earlier this year in the Virology Journal, MSU virologist William Halford showed that mice vaccinated with a live, genetically-modified…

Health & Medicine

Novel Ad5-TRAIL Gene Therapy Trial for Prostate Cancer

The Ad5-TRAIL gene therapy for prostate cancer research trial is a Phase I study designed to test the optimal dosage at which the therapeutic agent can safely…

Health & Medicine

Duke Study: Physician Resistance Limits Diabetes Tech Adoption

Yet researchers have found that the newer methods to manage diabetes are not being widely used because physicians may be reluctant to prescribe them, and even…

Materials Sciences

Bistable Nanoswitch: Advancements in Carbon Nanotube Tech

A type of one-dimensional structure with high-aspect ratio, carbon nanotubes have emerged as a promising material because of their many impressive mechanical,…

Life & Chemistry

New Insight Into Memory Retention: The Role of Acetylcholine

The neurotransmitter acetylcholine, a brain chemical already established as being crucial for learning and memory, appears to be the key to adding details to a…

Life & Chemistry

Giant Pandas Can See in Color, Study Reveals New Findings

Graduate researcher Angela Kelling tested the ability of two Zoo Atlanta pandas, Yang Yang and Lun Lun, to see color and found that both pandas were able to…

Information Technology

Study Reveals Alarming Rise in Phishing Vulnerability

“Designing Ethical Phishing Experiments: A study of (ROT13) rOnl query features,” published online, simulated phishing tactics used to elicit online…

Studies and Analyses

Salinity Study Reveals Impact on Mobile Delta Ecosystem

Habitat modifications are among mankind's most pervasive alterations of our nation's estuarine ecosystems.When such modifications are extensive, as is the case…

Environmental Conservation

Marine Life’s Impact on Ocean Chemistry and Climate Change

Physical and biological oceanographers led by FSU Professor William Dewar put the yearly amount of chemical power stored by phytoplankton in the form of new…

Health & Medicine

Exploring HIV/AIDS Challenges in the Workforce Today

More that 40,000 additional persons become infected with HIV each year. In a special issue of WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation,…

Life & Chemistry

Surrey Academic Wins BBSRC Award for Gene and Body Clock Research

The grant, which will enable the employment of a full-time postdoctorate researcher, will specifically allow Dr Archer to study in more depth the two different…

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