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Harvard scientists identify compounds that stimulate stem cell growth in the brain

...ecreased growth and apoptosis. "This study opens doors to new therapeutic approaches for a wide range neurological disorders and injuries that were once considered incurable," said Gerald Weissmann, MD, Editor-in-Chief of The FASEB Journal. The study also provided so insight into the cellular and molec...

Opening windows may be the best way of preventing transmission of airborne infection

...spitals in Peru has shown that opening windows and doors provided ventilation more than double that of mech... rooms and 18 times that of rooms with windows and doors closed. The researchers, led by Rod Escombe from Imperial College London, compared the airflow in ...

Minuscule molecules pack a powerful punch

...out a microRNA has such dramatic effects opens new doors to understanding this novel class of gene regulation, with consequences for human health and disease. "Our work builds upon the sequences of the human and mouse genomes, the power of computer analysis and microarray work and exemplifies why whole...

Anti-dandruff compound may help fight epilepsy

...potassium flow. “If you think of these channels as doors on the cell’s surface,?Li says, “then ZnPy made th...onger. It’s like a tunable hinge that helps sticky doors swing freely.? The researchers then tested defective channels that contain the same mutations kno...

Scientists find genes involved in the battle between Hessian flies and wheat

...eeding site. It's as if larvae keep trying to open doors because they are programmed to look for a feeding site. "In resistant plants, the doors are all locked. Then the larvae finally crawl down to the base of the plant and die. This is death b...

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