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Stem Cell Transplant: Reduced Disability in MS?
Results from a preliminary study indicate that among patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS), treatment with nonmyeloablative hematopoietic stem cell...
New bacterial language discovered
Bacteria communicate by means of chemical signals and can develop common characteristics through this "agreement" and also develop their potential...
Researchers make breakthrough on new anesthetics
For the first time since the 1970s, researchers are on the verge of developing a new class of anesthetics. According...
How to attack and paralyze myeloma cells
Professor Martin Bornhäuser and Doctor Christoph Röllig, both experts in the field of blood cancer at the Carl Gustav Carus...
Researchers prevent type 1 diabetes in lab
In new research published in Endocrinology, Thomas Burris, Ph.D., chair of pharmacological and physiological science at Saint Louis University, reports...
Hydrogels deliver on blood-vessel growth
Scientists have found the balance necessary to aid healing with high-tech hydrogel. Rice chemist Jeffrey Hartgerink, lead author Vivek Kumar...
Optogenetics makes sterile mice fertile again
Researchers have succeeded for the first time in controlling the function of sperm by optogenetics. They inserted a light-activated enzyme...
Wearable sensor clears path to long-term EKG, EMG monitoring
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new, wearable sensor that uses silver nanowires to monitor electrophysiological signals,...
Major cause of blindness linked to calcium deposits in the eye
Microscopic spheres of calcium phosphate have been linked to the development of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a major cause of...
New Device Allows for Manipulation of Differentiating Stem Cells
Electroporation is a powerful technique in molecular biology. By using an electrical pulse to create a temporary nanopore in a...
Inflammation and cancer
A new study from MIT reveals one reason why people who suffer from chronic inflammatory diseases such as colitis have...
Researchers enlarges brain samples
Beginning with the invention of the first microscope in the late 1500s, scientists have been trying to peer into preserved...
Stem cells derived from amniotic tissues have immunosuppressive properties
Stem cells derived from human amnion have for some time been considered promising for cell therapies because of their ease...
Century-Old Drug Reverses Autism-like Symptoms
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) affect 1 to 2 percent of children in the United States. Hundreds of genetic and environmental...
Imaging captures how blood stem cells take root
A see-through zebrafish and enhanced imaging provide the first direct glimpse of how blood stem cells take root in the...
Plants respond to disease and damage
When plants come under attack internal alarm bells ring and their defence mechanisms swing into action – and it happens...
How 100 billion nerve cells produce a clear thought or an action
We have approximately 100 billion nerve cells in our brains, all of which communicate with one another. Why do they...
Damaged DNA amplified
For the first time, researchers have succeeded in amplifying genes altered by activities such as smoking – with changes that...
Bone stem cells shown to regenerate bones
A stem cell capable of regenerating both bone and cartilage has been identified in bone marrow of mice. The discovery...
Human Immune Variation
Improving gene-sequencing technologies have focused immunologists’ attention on the role of genes in diseases. But it appears the environment is...
