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A new way to enhance nerve growth following injury
New research published today out of the University of Calgary's Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI) uncovers a mechanism to promote growth...
Repairing DNA
Our DNA is under constant attack from many sources, including environmental pollutants, ultraviolet light, and radiation. Fortunately, cells have several...
Modified stem cells offer potential pathway to treat Alzheimer’s disease
UC Irvine neurobiologists have found that genetically modified neural stem cells show positive results when transplanted into the brains of...
Mice with human livers would have saved lives
Seven of 15 patients developed severe liver toxicity and died after taking a hepatitis B drug as part of a...
In a cloning first, scientists create stem cells from adults
Eighteen years ago, scientists in Scotland took the nuclear DNA from the cell of an adult sheep and put it...
Simplicity is key to co-operative robots
A way of making hundreds - or even thousands - of tiny robots cluster to carry out tasks without using...
Scientists find key steps linking dietary fats and colon cancer tumor growth
Scientists have shown new genetic evidence that could strengthen the link between the role of dietary fats with colon cancer...
A protein required for integrity of induced pluripotent stem cells
Cell reprogramming converts specialised cells such as nerve cells or skin cells towards an embryonic stem cell state. This reversal...
Researchers offer new views of body’s insulating material
Harvard neuroscientists have made a discovery that turns 160 years of neuroanatomy on its head. Photo Credits: Daniel Berger and...
Some immune cells defend only one organ
Scientists have uncovered a new way the immune system may fight cancers and viral infections. The finding could aid efforts...
Bionic ankle ’emulates nature’
Bionics pioneer Hugh Herr’s prosthetic ankle mimics the power and control of its biological counterpart. Photo Credits: Bryce Vickmark These...
Our Brains are Hardwired for Language
A groundbreaking study published in PLOS ONE by Prof. Iris Berent of Northeastern University and researchers at Harvard Medical School...
IBM creates liquid-based transistors that can process data like the human brain
Researchers at IBM has given the transistor a major makeover, and it may enable the company to build computers that...
Proper Stem Cell Function Requires Hydrogen Sulfide
Stem cells in bone marrow need to produce hydrogen sulfide in order to properly multiply and form bone tissue, according...