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Stem cells act through multiple mechanisms to benefit mice with neurodegenerative disease

... that will help inform medical scientists in their quest for understanding diseases such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, ALS, and a host of other neurological diseases. "Dr. Snyder's team has extended the promise of stem cell therapies to children with special-needs, including those with Sandh...

Mine runoff continues to provide clues to microbial diversification

... proving to be a treasure for researchers in their quest to learn more about how bacterial communities exist in nature. A letter published in today’s online edition of Nature shows that it is possible to follow what microorganisms are doing in their natural environment by identifying the range of proteins...

Genetic fingerprints identify brain tumors' origins

... The finding adds a new layer of complexity to the quest to understand the causes of childhood brain cancers, according to senior author David H. Gutmann, M.D., Ph.D., the Donald O. Schnuck Family Professor of Neurology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and co-director of the neuro-o...

Potent possibilities for parasite attack

...ause vastly different clinical outcomes is a major quest for researchers and in this study we have narrowed the search to a number that can be realistically studied," commented Dr Matt Berriman, senior author on the paper, from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. The researchers found only five genes i...

Plastic that grows on trees

...ttle of the residual impurities that have made the quest so daunting. “What we have done that no one else has been able to do is convert glucose directly in high yields to a primary building block for fuel and polyesters,” said Z. Conrad Zhang, senior author who led the research and a scientist with the...

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