Now, 'virtual' Mouse Brains Available on the Net
... Its goal is to use mouse brains as surrogates for human brains to study the connections between genes and brain structure. Investigators from all over the world are sending their models to Duke, where the 3-D images are acquired in a standardized fashion and made available via high speed web connection...Belgian Doctor Restores Woman's Fertility With Ovary Graft
...hey were compatible in a group of genes called the human leukocyte antigen (HLA), which regulates the immune response to transplanted tissue. "There was no rejection of the graft despite the absence of immuno-suppressors" and from six to 11 months after the operation normal menstrual bleeding resumed, th...Advancement in Gene Associated With Colon Cancer
...k between genetic variation in a single region of human chromosome 8 and the risk of colorectal cancer. ...an associate professor of internal medicine and of human genetics in the U-M Medical School, and of epidemiology in the U-M School of Public Health. He direc...MEN as Partners to MEND Maternal Health A World Population Day Initiative
"The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponentia...niversity of Colorado From time immemorial, the human male has exuded raw power and supremacy over the female. The animal kingdom, too, is no exception to...New Cancer Therapy in Clinical Trial
...r (TNF) death receptor ligand against a variety of human cancers. A new study identifies a combination therapy that may sensitize human cancer cells to a promising treatment currently being used in clinical trials. Potency and lack of ...Indian Minister Laments Country's Lack of Sex Education
...way from educating youngsters about such topics as human reproduction. But the minister said education would not provoke promiscuity. "We are not taking up sex education in a blatant manner, but in a subtle way," said Ramadoss. "We don't want to create controversy. But we have 55 per cent population th...Contamination of the Environment by Antibiotics Fed to Livestock
...ibiotics raises the potential for contamination of human food supply. However, Satish Gupta, group leader notes The adverse impacts of consuming plants that contain small quantities of antibiotics are largely unknown. Consumption of antibiotics in plants may cause allergic reactions in sensitive population...Stem Cells Research in Parkinsons Disease
...st reports that the cutting-edge research study of human stem cells in primates with Parkinsons disease is ...estions that need to be addressed before moving to human trials, including determining the most effective cell dosing and brain sites to target. Pending fu......sugar to excite the immune system, it may help the human body fight infection. Previously, everyone thoug...microbial infections, which can seriously threaten human healthparticularly in patients with compromised immune systems. In fact, Rubin-Bejerano co-founded a...Cocaine Exposure can Alter Neuronal Development in Zebrafish
...e born in the United States each year. Multiple human studies suggest there are significant changes in b... concentrations comparable to those experienced by human embryos, altered the neuronal development in zebrafish and acutely changed embryonic expression of g...Scientists Identified Obesity Control Switch
...oming obese. "Brown fat is present in mice and in human infants, where it keeps them warm by dissipating food energy as heat, instead of storing it as white fat," said Spiegelman, senior author of the paper. "Human adults don't have much brown fat, but there is some, and from a therapeutic perspective the...Scientists Identify "master Switch" for Brown Fat in Mice
...ming obese. "Brown fat is present in mice and in human infants, where it keeps them warm by dissipating food energy as heat, instead of storing it as white fat," said Dr. Spiegelman, senior author of the paper published in the journal Cell Metabolism. "Human adults don't have much brown fat, but there ...Viagra Improves Heart Function, Finds Study
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... carry blood to and from the heart, are as thin as human hair. Mikio Okazaki, M.D., a postdoctoral fellow, adapted the lung transplantation technique used in rats to the mice. He uses synthetic cuffs to join the donor vessels with those of the recipient. Okazaki has successfully performed several hundre...Kaposi Sarcoma Arise from Multiple Cells
...e the viral DNA of the tumors, which often contain human herpesvirus 8. The researchers found evidence that nearly 80% of the tumors arose independently from multiple cells. They concluded that few Kaposi sarcoma tumors originate from a single cell and that Kaposi sarcoma, especially in its advanced form,...Insulin Sensitizer- Energy Conserving Signal to Brain
...t was reported that adiponectin is undetectable in human cerebrospinal fluid and does not cross the blood-brain barrier, leaving some doubt about its physiological role in the central nervous system, he added. The researchers now report evidence in mice that adiponectin receptors are present in the hypot...Scientists Revealed the Key Molecule That Controls Pain
...vered that there was only a 10% similarity between human P2X and the slime mould equivalent. They were therefore able to deduce from evolutionary theory that it was these similar parts of the molecule that probably regulate pain in humans. Its a big step forward in understanding how the molecule works an...Mild Stress During Pregnancy may Worsen Offspring's Risk of Cerebral Palsy
...d be of paramount interest. Limiting stress during human pregnancy might prove to be a cost-efficient way to reduce the human, emotional, social and economic burden of cerebral palsy," says Gressens. Victoria Luine, PhD, distinguished professor of psychology at New York's Hunter College, who did not par...New Understanding on Growth of Human Stem Cells
... Cancer and Stem Cell Research Institute show that human embryonic stem (ES) cells can actually produce dis...tia and colleagues provide the first evidence that human ES cells have the unique ability to generate human-ES-cell-derived fibroblast-like niche cells (hdFs......rst treated mouse models that carried transplanted human neuroblastomas with a single dose of bevacizumab. They studied the changes in the tumor vasculature at different times after treatment with a single dose of bevacizumab; finally, they studied how well topotecan penetrated the tumor and inhibited its ...