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U-M scientist to talk about tissue engineering at AAAS

...lop anatomically correct scaffolding with the same curvature and contours of natural bones. That would help a patient develop new bone almost indistinguishable from nature's original equipment. Many researchers at University of Michigan have focused their tissue engineering efforts on the head and neck, in pa...

Potential treatments for neurofibromatosis

...the skin, enlargement and deformation of bones and curvature of the spine (scoliosis), and in many instances, learning disorders. Occasionally, tumors may develop in the brain, on cranial nerves, or on the spinal cord. However, a rare form of the disease occurs in infants and young children, with tumors growi...

Gene loss accelerates aging

...loss, reduced fitness and body weight, progressive curvature of the spine, and a shortened lifespan. "Aging and cancer are two sides of the same coin. In one case, cells stop dividing and in the other, they can't stop dividing. We suspect that having the right amount of the p63 protein in the right cells at t...

Scientists characterize proteome of human cornea

...vision disorders are often the result of incorrect curvature or irregular shape of the cornea and are the most ...lling (Fuchs' dystrophy) or thinning and change of curvature of the cornea (keratoconus)." In order to learn more about the cornea and corneal disorders, Dr. En...

Matrilin-3 gene discovered to prevent onset of osteoarthritis

...ormation of the hands, feet and knees and abnormal curvature of the spine. In this study, researchers knocked out matrilin-1 and -3 in mice in order to study their link to osteoarthritis. When matrilin-1 was knocked out, there was no apparent effect. When matrilin-3 was removed, the mice had a normal and fer...

Reconstructing the biology of extinct species: A new approach

...ant statistical relationship between the radius of curvature of the semicircular canals and the species' habitu...y have semicircular canals with a larger radius of curvature than do slower-moving ones. For example, a small, fast-moving leaper like a bushbaby has semicircul...