Forget about passing notes in study hall; some teens are now using their cell phones to flirt and send nude pictures of themselves.
Regulators are debating the risks and benefits of research that implants stem cells in humans.
Can a state do what a country cannot, and transform the way stem-cell research is funded? Erika Check Hayden reports on the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine.
Just as fire engines arrive quickly at the scene to save people and property, the cells that fight viruses have to reach the site of an infection promptly to mount a protective response...
A combination of two targeted drugs--one that blocks protein breakdown and one that activates the programmed cell death pathway--reduces the number of tumor metastases in mouse models of kidney and ...
Scientists have for the first time identified stem cells that allow the pituitary glands of mice to grow even after birth. They found that, in contrast to most adult stem cells, these cells are ...
Researchers at the Whitehead Institute and Harvard Stem Cell Institute(HSCI) have reported successfully reducing symptoms in a Parkinson's disease rat model by using dopamine producing neurons derived ...
... their function in the physical arrangement of
their dendrites, branch-like structures on neuronal cells that form a
communicative network with other dendrites and neurons in the brain.
The work, led ...
... of cancer, because the cells escape the safeguards that normally clean up malignant cells.
In their experiments, UF researchers found the location of the DNA sequences known to trigger reaper, hid ...
... in HEpG2). The dose reduction level was different and specific to each combination and cell line. These findings support the hypothesis that combinations of plant extracts and chemotherapeutic agents ...
... the iPS cells come from the patient, rejection should not be an issue. Additionally, the use of cells that are already partially transformed into specific cardiac cell types may prevent tumor growth. ...
... The difference in resistance from electrical currents is translated into an image, which can be transmitted via cell phone technology.
Utilizing commercially available parts, the research team built ...
... has been a matter of controversy. Recently, it has been hypothesized that antler regeneration is a stem cell based process and most workers in the field consider the periosteum of the pedicle to be ...
... Library of Science – Pathogens (PLoS-Pathogens) on April 25.
"We have shown that activating the cells' communication system, also known as quorum sensing, in established biofilms causes the biofilms ...
... been known that patients with sickle cell disease have malformed, 'sickle-shaped' red blood cells - which are normally disc-shaped - that can cause sudden painful episodes when they block small blood ...
