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Pediatric Cancer Stem Cell Identified

...ise to other cancer cells, and thereby drive tumor growth and metastasis. To prevent recurrence and progression, effective long-term therapies must target the self-renewing population of cancer stem cells. The zebrafish is ideally suited for use in targeted chemical genetic approaches to specifically inac...

Nanomedicine Gives the Way for Nerve Cell Regeneration

...d to create mechanical tension that stimulates the growth and elongation of axons of the central nervous sys...ley uses aligned nanofibers containing one or more growth factors to provide a bioactive matrix where nerve cells can regrow. It is known that injured neuro...

Drug Eluting Nanostructured Coatings Enable Targeted Drug Therapy for Orthopedic Patients

... very long treatment regimen is needed, such as in growth factor therapy, nanotubes may provide superior per...y, they normally will have to take antibiotics and growth factors either orally or by injection. There are several side effects associated with taking drugs t...

Steroid Scam: Sylvester Stallone Gets Away With a Light Punishment

...ary last had revealed 48 vials of the banned human growth hormone product, Jintropin. Three days later he ...s by claiming to have a prescription for the human growth hormone, Jintropin, found in his luggage at Sydney airport in February. He said Jintropin was not ...

Aggressive Family Planning Sparks Riots in China

... in the 1970s - is aimed at controlling population growth in the world's biggest nation with some 1.3 billion people. Beijing allows urban dwellers to have one child, while villagers can have two if the first child is a girl. Worse, stiff penalties are levied on those who dont fall in line. And when the...

New Approach to Treating Precancerous Esophagus Condition

...afe and effective way to "burn" away abnormal cell growth in the esophagus that can be a precursor of cancer...ge of patients will go on to develop abnormal cell growth known as dysplasia, a condition that can lead to esophageal cancer. Gastroenterologists at Duke Un...

Rise in Cigarette Use may Elucidate Asthma Epidemic in Children

...a risk factor of incident asthma. The risk for the growth of childhood asthma was 2.5 times greater in young children with mothers who smoke more than 10 cigarettes per day indoors compared with mothers who smoke fewer cigarettes or not at all. Contact with environmental tobacco smoke, particularly in th...

Work Less to Sustain Planet Earth, Say Activists

...a half weeks, more than the Germans. Maintaining growth means using more energy and resources, both in manpower and raw materials, which results in increased waste and pollution. John de Graaf, producer of the groundbreaking 1997 PBS documentary "Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic, says, "It's stagge...

Stem Cell Answer to Infertility in Five Years, Says Scientist

...e variety of abnormal development, such as stunted growth and difficulty walking. More recently, Dr. Nayernia has focused his research on the development of sperm cells from adult stem cells found in the bone marrow tissue of rats, rather than from embryonic stem cells. Dr. Nayernia and his team were able...

Astronauts can Now Feed on 'radiation-eating' Fungi

...that ionizing radiation significantly enhances the growth of fungi that contain melanin. Both species grew significantly faster (as measured by the number of colony forming units and dry weight) than when exposed to standard background radiation. The researchers also carried out physico-chemical studie...

Magnets to the rescue of Alzheimers patients

...been achieved. Scientists in New York promoted the growth of new neurons in the brains of mice using a magn...e after stroke. To look at the effect of TMS on growth of neurons, Dr Fortunato Battaglia and Dr Hoau-Yan Wang at City University in New York, gave mice th...

Gene Discovery Lays Groundwork for Targeted Therapies for Endometrial Cancer

... trials for other cancers inhibit endometrial cell growth in the laboratory. Future studies include testing these drugs in mouse models of endometrial cancer before testing them in humans. "We are planning to investigate FGFR2 in tumors from a much larger group of patients to determine whether mutations i...

$5M Gift Will Attack Lou Gehrig's Disease

... nerve cells generate more of the molecules called growth factors that might keep them healthy. Dr. Feldma...ic machinery reads the genetic blueprint for those growth factors. Preliminary results show that injecting that snippet, called a zinc finger transcription fa...

Cemetery Tourism, the New Catchword in US

... civic engagement. The mobility of society and the growth of the death care industry have served to isolate these historically significant places from the mainstream, Laderman said. Of course, some think that cemeteries are sacred spaces, and that Halloween flashlight tours and historical re-enactors jump...

Researchers Make Insulin from Human Umbilical Cord Bloods Adult Stem Cells

...al, because although insulin is often found in the growth media with which the cells are nurtured and is often taken up by such cells, the presence of the C-peptide proves that at least some of the insulin was produced, or synthesized, by the engineered cells. "This discovery tells us that we have the po...

Study Finds Glycerin to Be a Good Source for Cattle Feed

...feed. Through November, Kerley will monitor the growth habits of 60 calves from various breeds to determi...n has a positive or negative effect on calves i.e. growth performance, and second, to assess its impact, if any, on meat quality. Kerley has separated the ...

Fire Ants are Emerging Nuisance for Virginians

...ave a high reproduction rate, experienced dramatic growth during the housing boom of the 1950s, likely from sod and nursery plants being transported from production sites to areas under development for housing or commercial use. "Today, the red imported fire ants are still extending their range from the s...

Sheep Offer Model for Undernourishment in Pregnant Teen Girls

...come pregnant before they have achieved their full growth may not be able to supply enough nourishment for ...the nutrient supply to their fetuses and slows the growth of soft tissue in the fetuses. In a related finding, the team reported that a possible factor in t...

Calcium and Vitamin D Intake Lowers the Risk of Breast Cancer Before Menopause

...ationship among calcium, vitamin D and insulinlike growth factors (IGFs)," the authors state. "In vitro st... in vitro to interact with each other in promoting growth inhibition in breast cancer cells," they say. Since blood levels of these compounds decline with a...

Washington Post Examines Increase in Minorities Seeking Cosmetic Surgery

...cine services to a rise in disposable income and a growth in minority plastic surgeons who can provide culturally sensitive care, the Post reports. Harris said, 'Half the world's going to be brown-skinned by 2050. We're not going to close our eyes to all those patients'....

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