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Gene therapy delivery of nerve growth factors reverses erectile dysfunction in animal model

...vival and regeneration of penile nerves. Neurturin also is a nerve growth factor closely related to GDNF. ...ated mice with ED. Rats treated with HSV-neurturin also exhibited significant recovery of ICP and AP compared with the control or untreated mice at four wee...

Researchers track how spores break out of dormant state

... Biosciences and Biotechnology Division. “But it’s also important to gain fundamental insights into the ke...nm-wide fibrils remained. The in vitro AFM imaging also revealed the porous fibrous cell wall structure of newly emerging and mature vegetative cells, consi...

Modeling the restless brain

... wiring diagram, its neuroanatomy. Their model also can show how slow 5- to 10-second fluctuations of ... observed resting state fluctuations come from. It also would let them tie neural activity to cognitive and behavioral performance and ask questions about d...

Simulations unravel outer membrane transport mechanism

...uminal domain away from the barrel. The simulation also showed the luminal domain gradually unfolding, cha...concert with many other things.” Tajkhorshid is also a professor of pharmacology in the College of Medicine and an affiliate of the Beckman Institute and...

Snoring in children might be an allergic type disease

...the general population where previous studies have also found strong associations between allergic or inflammatory diseases and snoring. “Snoring can be an early manifestation of more serious sleep-disordered breathing, so it’s not necessarily a harmless condition,” Dr Marshall added. “In adults habit...

CSIRO scientists join fight to save 'Tassie devil'

...mined 29 lesions from 12 affected animals and have also collected and processed a further 30 affected anim... just because it is a major tourism attraction but also to ensure devils continue to play the vital role they have in maintaining Tasmania’s environmental b...

The insect vector always bites twice

...ansmission, in September. The antibody rate proved also to be associated with the risk of occurrence of a malarial attack in the following three months. These antisalivary antibodies consequently seem to be indicators of the risk of malaria in endemic areas, that could be used to improve strategies of pre...

Hormone helps mice 'hibernate,' survive starvation

...ing survival during foodless periods. Some mammals also enter a hibernation-like state of regulated hypothermia, known as torpor, which conserves energy. The molecular driver behind this reaction to starvation, however, had been unknown. To find an answer, UT Southwestern researchers and other scien...

Bigger horns equal better genes

...k into account the fact that environmental factors also play a role in determining ibex horn size. The ...ecause they display genetic quality to females and also help to "win" physical battles and achieve high social rank among their competitors. "We've lear...

Largest synthetic gene ever built offers insights into anti-malarial drug resistance

... human death from malaria. Earlier this year, they also helped describe how the gene PfNHE likely contributes, and this turns out not to be as vital as PfCRT. Now, based in part on this study, they know that PfMDR1 is dependent on mutated PfCRT, and probably doesn't act independently. "The contributio...

Pesticides choke pathway for nature to produce nitrogen for crops

...er unit of synthetic nitrogen fertilizer added and also a significant decline in overall symbiotic nitrogen fixation. The most common explanation for the observations is an overuse of agrichemicals applied to legume crops. That practice sets up "a vicious cycle," Fox said, because it reduces a legume c...

Caribbean frogs started with a single, ancient voyage on a raft from South America

...l American relatives of these Caribbean amphibians also arose from a single species that arrived by raft f...Caribbean and Central American frogs, the research also revealed and defined an unusually large and unpredicted group of species in South America. "The Sou...

New bacterium discovered -- related to cause of trench fever

... species, recently named Bartonella rochalimae, is also closely related to the bacterium identified about ...s do victims of malaria and typhoid. The Andes are also home to another Bartonella species, spread by sand flies. The researchers first thought this was cau...

Study shows big power of small RNAs, not just proteins, in halting cancer

...ding of a critical tumor suppression mechanism but also may provide insight into how to best engage the p53 pathway to treat cancer by killing tumor cells,” said He. ...

Studies to find better ways to preserve human eggs, ovarian tissue under way

..., designed to kill rapidly spreading cancer cells, also can destroy dynamic reproductive tissue. “I do...roduce eggs outside the body, a process that could also make in vitro fertilization a lot more affordable. Others are looking for ways to ensure there are n...

Millions of children denied drug that costs less than $3 a year

...children. Yet a study of children in Bangladesh also published in this week’s BMJ, found no significant...dequate facilities for storage and dispensing, but also educational programmes for health practitioners and the general population, he concludes....

In mice, drug protects against diabetes and atherosclerosis

... Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Australia also demonstrated that these genes were critical in the... to prevent the development of these diseases, but also to reverse the symptoms of these illnesses in mice. "To have this chemical in hand and to replica...

Brain holds clues to bipolar disorder

...han treating flare-ups of depression or mania, and also provide new targets, for improved medications many...isorder earlier and more efficiently. Dr. Phillips also will present data illustrating how imaging can be used to identify biomarkers and how these markers ...

Ancient DNA traces the woolly mammoth's disappearance

...laciers reached their fullest extent. The findings also offered early human hunters a potential alibi; they didn’t come on the scene in large numbers until even later. In search of a general pattern in the new study, Barnes and Lister’s team looked to the extinct woolly mammoth. What they found, howeve...

Research shows cord blood comparable to matched bone marrow

...LA types are mismatched. Rates of leukemia relapse also are lower with mismatched umbilical cord blood transplants. This study also showed that in addition to having a good match, higher cell doses for umbilical cord blood transplan...

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