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Brains White Matter: More Talkative Than Once Thought

... precursor cells (OPCs), whose main role when they mature into oligodendrocytes is to wrap themselves around and insulate nerves with a whitish coat of protective myelin. The immature cells simply hang around and divide very slowly, waiting to be spurred into action. To learn more about OPCs that reside i...

Students Join Hands to Save Green Cover in Delhi

...s was a major loss. "Trees that take decades to mature were cut to construct buildings that have remained severely under-utilized for the last 25 years. Surely we should not repeat our mistake," it says. Urging the vice chancellor to take the necessary steps to curb this move, the petitioners do not ac...

FDA Advisory Against Anti-depressants to Be Expanded to Cover Young Adults too

...ts in adults of 18 years or over. But, individuals mature at different rates. Young adults are more likely to commit suicide than older adults, so a young adult should be particularly closely monitored if he or she takes an SSRI antidepressant." Such is the conventional wisdom. But on Wednesday the FDA as...

Immune System Protein Could Be the Key Infertility

...tes and undergo a series of changes until they are mature and viable. They begin life as round cells and as they mature they elongate and develop a tail. Defects at any stage of this process can prevent the cells from ...

Concern in Mizoram Over Growing Tobacco-related Diseases

...it is the youth emulating adults and feeling a bit mature when they smoke. The problem is that we generally do not tell our kids not to smoke". In the tribal Mizo society, consumption of tobacco is rampant among children, who have been introduced to tobacco at a very young age. With most of the familie...

Dating, Drugs and Sex Make Teens Feel Older Than They are

...ers aren't, it can make them feel more adult, more mature than their non-experienced counterparts," she said...ologically. As for the popular wisdom that girls mature earlier than boys, the results of the study seem to support that, with girls more likely to feel old...

The Danger in Candy Cigarettes

...ve cigarette smoking may be considered illicit and mature by some children, but research suggests that playing with these edible toys cannot be considered as a benign parody of cigarette smoking. This new research is built on past research, such as focus groups in the US with 4 to 11 year-old children and a...

Scientists Develop Artificial Blood Vessels for Vascular Grafts in Mice

...ibiting tissue formation that is consistent with a mature artery. Dr. Vorp says that the new findings demonstrate the feasibility of developing MDSC-seeded tissue-engineered vascular grafts for eventual human application. The next step is to demonstrate the use of the tissue-engineered blood vessel in a...

Scientists Demonstrate Heart Cell Replication in Mice

A study of mice has shown that mature heart cells can not only replicate, but also impro...d is derived from the skin around bone. Though the mature heart only has tiny amounts, it is abundant during foetal heart development, and increased amounts a...

Cosmetic Eye Enhancer may Lead to Disfigurement

...; sometimes waiting for a procedure to improve and mature over many years is the best policy for those seeking safe, quality results....

Experts Need to Include Children in Research

...ave different metabolisms; their organs are not as mature as adults; and diseases can behave differently in childrens bodies. To create the best therapies for children we need to include them in our research, said Professor Warner. A lot of paediatricians work doesnt have much of a scientific evidence bas...

Insight Into Neural Stem Cells Has Implications For Designing Therapies

...ons that migrate to the olfactory bulb, where they mature into several distinct types of interneurons, neurons that are essential for the sense of smell. To the team's surprise, the adult neural stem cells in the various regions of the subventricular zone each gave rise to only very specific subsets of in...

First Baby Born from Eggs Matured and Frozen in the Lab

... are routinely used by fertility doctors to obtain mature eggs. Researchers led by Hananel Holzer isolate... female hormone supplements to boost the number of mature eggs they produce, allowing more embryos to be created. "Ovarian stimulation is also time-consumin...

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