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U of MN researchers reverse memory loss in mice

...gnificant brain degeneration for the first time, a breakthrough that offers hope to the estimated 4 million people living with Alzheimer's disease. Researchers first manipulated the genetic makeup of the mice so they developed dementia; the mice experienced memory loss that worsens over time and had brain atroph...

UF researchers kill resistant bugs one bandage at a time

... be adapted into industrial manufacturing, and the breakthrough came when we figured out how to do that," Schultz said. Clothing that kills athlete's foot and other fungi could help U.S. soldiers in the field who often don't have time to change or shower, and the substance also could be added to hospital gowns a...

AACR Favors 'full spectrum of stem cell research biology'

...everyone's mind was, 'why wasn't this huge medical breakthrough made by Americans?' "Sadly," he continued, "American stem cell biology suffers from a small and unsteady flow of graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and early-career faculty. No scientific discipline can grow without the constant infusion of ne...

Researchers make 'embryonic-like' stem cells from umbilical cord blood

A breakthrough in human stem cell research, producing embryonic-like cells from umbilical cord blood may substantially speed up the development of treatments for life-threatening illnesses, injuries and disabilities. The discovery made during a project undertaken w...

Insight into the processes of 'positive' and 'negative' learners

A breakthrough in human stem cell research, producing embryonic-like cells from umbilical cord blood may substantially speed up the development of treatments for life-threatening illnesses, injuries and disabilities. The discovery made during a project undertaken w...

Researchers propose measures to curb lion attacks in Tanzania

A breakthrough in human stem cell research, producing embryonic-like cells from umbilical cord blood may substantially speed up the development of treatments for life-threatening illnesses, injuries and disabilities. The discovery made during a project undertaken w...

Long-sought flower-inducing molecule found

...gricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden, report about a breakthrough in our understanding of how plants control their flowering. In an article published in the international journal Science, Thursday 11th, they show how a small molecule that is formed in the plant leaves is transported to the shoot tips where it induc...

UCLA researchers identify key enzyme linked to childhood blindness

...th RPE65 mutations," Travis said. "This is a major breakthrough in understanding the visual cycle. It has ramifications for several inherited blinding diseases caused by mutations in visual cycle genes." The newly identified isomerase enzyme plays a crucial role in the regeneration of rhodopsin visual pigment in...

Promising therapies for haemophilia & heart disease

... target P-selectin. "This would represent a major breakthrough in diagnosing and treating cardiovascular disease," she said. "There is still a great deal to be learned about this protein. This research could contribute significantly to effective strategies to inhibit or enhance P-selectin depending on clinical n...

NHGRI expands effort to revolutionize sequencing technologies

...gies" grants have as their goal the development of breakthrough technologies that will enable a human-sized genome to be sequenced for $1,000 or less. Grant recipients and their approximate total funding are: Richard B. Fair, Ph.D., Duke University, Durham, N.C. $510,000 (2 years) "Droplet-Based Digital Microflu...

A New Era Of Hope For Neglected Diseases

...ected-disease control. Citation: Moran M (2005) A breakthrough in R&D for neglected diseases: New ways to get the drugs we need. PLoS Med 2(9): e302. http:/?​dx.doi.org/?0.1371/​journal.pmed.0020302 ...

US/African project deciphers deadly parasite genome

...an pathogen. "Such an achievement would be a major breakthrough for vaccine development and would increase the hope for tackling other protozoan diseases," he says. East Coast fever, which is endemic in several African countries, was first recognized about a century ago as a parasitic disease. The disease became...

Delaware scientists make significant advance in study of small RNAs

...logy Institute, overcame these obstacles to make a breakthrough in the study of small RNAs from Arabidopsis. Prior to their work, scientists worldwide in a painstakingly slow and labor-intensive process had documented about 6,000 small RNAs from the plant. Meyers had been sequencing RNAs in rice and Arabidopsi...

Scientists move forward understanding of schizophrenia

...sity of Edinburgh said: "This is another important breakthrough in our still limited understanding of major mental illness. It is the result of a long term research commitment to use the tools of genetics to better understand the root causes of mental disorder. "This has been a fantastic combined effort. The col...

Science's Breakthrough of the Year: Watching evolution in action

...sue of the journal Science . Many of this year's breakthrough studies followed evolution at the genetic level. In October this year, an international team of researchers unveiled a map of the chimpanzee genome. Scientists are already poring over the chimpanzee genome and another international effort, the bigges...

Stroke treatment a step closer after trial

...t within Help the Aged, said: "This is an exciting breakthrough in which we're extremely proud to have played a part. "There is a desperate need for treatment of stroke, which has a devastating impact for those affected and their families. "While this treatment is still some way off being available to patients,...

University of Arizona plant scientists to unravel maize genome

...ber of BIO5. Unraveling the corn genome will be a breakthrough with enormous implications for other cereal crops besides corn, including varieties important for Arizona, such as wheat, sorghum and millet. "A lot of applications will result from this project," said Brian Larkins, a Regents' Professor in the depa...

Novel enzyme offers new look at gene regulation

... demethylase, was identified last year. This was a breakthrough in the study of histone modifications, but Zhang thought pieces of the puzzle were still missing. "We hypothesized that there were more demethylase enzymes out there for two reasons," Zhang said. "For one, the previous demethylase identified, called...

Scientists sequence DNA of woolly mammoth

...me extinct about 10,000 years ago. The scientific breakthrough allows for the first time comparion of this ancient species with today's populations of African and Indian elephants, not just at the level of mitochondrial sequences, but also encompassing information from the nuclear genome. Analyzing organellar D...

Effective, safe anthrax vaccine can be grown in tobacco plants

...n & Immunity journal. Daniell's research is a breakthrough in efforts to find a safe and effective method of producing large quantities of vaccine for anthrax, one of the top bioterrorism threats facing the United States. The new production method also could help the government and health care providers avoi...

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