Microbiology
- Key HIV Protein Makes Cell Membranes Bend
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Carnegie Mellon University scientists have made an important discovery that aids the understanding of why HIV enters immune cells with ease. The researchers found that after HIV docks onto a host cell, it dramatically lowers the energy required for a cell ...
Article - News Staff - Jul 25 2007 - 11:25am
- ATRX And Sex Abnormalities
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6% of the patient population in Melbourne carries a genetic abnormality implicated in thalassemia. As well as causing blood disorders and severe mental retardation, boys with ATRX mutations have genital abnormalities. Our understanding of the genetic mutat ...
Article - News Staff - Jul 26 2007 - 12:56pm
- European Scientists Want Embryonic Stem Cell Laws Relaxed
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Scientists from two European-funded groups- EuroStemCell (European Consortium for Stem Cell Research) and ESTOOLS- are working together to call for a relaxation of current laws, particularly in Germany and Italy, in the hope that their European counterpart ...
Article - News Staff - Jul 27 2007 - 10:52am
- Nature Versus Nerve Agents
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An enzyme found naturally in the blood could help protect soldiers against the effects of the deadly nerve agent sarin. The US military is funding a three-year study to evaluate the effectiveness of the enzyme, known as GOT, in protecting animals against t ...
Article - News Staff - Jul 29 2007 - 8:20pm
- Watching Embryonic Stem Cells Turn Into Cardiomyocytes
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"Human embryonic stem cells promise unrivalled opportunities. However, they are difficult, time-consuming and expensive to grow in the lab", says Dr. Chris Denning of Institute of Genetics, who is working on research looking at the process that t ...
Article - News Staff - Jul 29 2007 - 11:25pm
- A Third Type Of Stem Cell?
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Stem cells are generally assigned to one of two categories: embryonic or adult. Some researchers say that may be an oversimplification and a new University of Michigan study states that stem cells in the developing fetus are distinct from both embryonic an ...
Article - News Staff - Jul 29 2007 - 11:39am
- Understanding Adult Stem Cell Regulation
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Forsyth Institute scientists have discovered an important mechanism for controlling the behavior of adult stem cells. Research with the flatworm, planaria, found a novel role for the proteins involved in cell-to-cell communication. This work has the potent ...
Article - News Staff - Aug 1 2007 - 11:37am
- UCF Research Links Proteins, Stem Cells And Potential Alzheimer's Treatment
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A team of scientists led by professor Kiminobu Sugaya at the University of Central Florida may have found a new way to treat Alzheimer’s disease. The team, which also included researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and the National Institutes ...
Article - News Staff - Aug 6 2007 - 10:31am
- Not All Embryonic Stem Cell Lines Are Created Equal
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When it comes to generating neurons, researchers have found that not all embryonic stem (ES) cell lines are equal. In comparing neurons generated from two NIH-approved embryonic stem cell lines, scientists have uncovered significant differences in the matu ...
Article - News Staff - Aug 6 2007 - 5:53pm
- Stem Cell Transplantation Results In Long-Term Survival For Amyloidosis Patients
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Researchers from the Stem Cell Transplant Program and the Amyloid Treatment and Research Program at Boston University Medical Center (BUMC) have found that high-dose chemotherapy and blood stem cell transplantation can result in long-term survival for pati ...
Article - News Staff - Aug 7 2007 - 10:24am