News tagged with animal hair
Hazardous conditions in the home health-care setting may put frail and elderly at risk
Mar 04, 2009 |
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A large-scale study conducted at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health has identified the type and frequency of hazardous conditions found in the home healthcare (HHC) setting. An anonymous survey of over ...
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Oetzi the Iceman dressed like a herdsman
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 21, 2008 |
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A famous Neolithic Iceman is dressed in clothes made from sheep and cattle hair, a new study shows. The researchers say their findings support the idea that the Iceman was a herdsman, and that their technique, reported today ...
New use for human hair
Dec 29, 2008 |
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Agricultural crop production relies on composted waste materials and byproducts, such as animal manure, municipal solid waste composts, and sewage sludge, as a necessary nutrient source. Studies have shown that human hair, ...
First demonstration of new hair follicle generation in an animal model
May 16, 2007 |
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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have found that hair follicles in adult mice regenerate by re-awakening genes once active only in developing embryos. These findings provide ...
New stem cell therapy may lead to treatment for deafness
Mar 23, 2009 |
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Deafness affects more than 250 million people worldwide. It typically involves the loss of sensory receptors, called hair cells, for their "tufts" of hair-like protrusions, and their associated neurons. The transplantation ...
Researchers identify mechanism that controls activation of stem cells during hair regeneration
Jan 16, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of Southern California have identified a novel cyclic signaling in the dermis that coordinates stem cell activity and regulates regeneration in large populations of hairs in animal models. The ...
Origins of wolverine in California genetically verified
Apr 29, 2009 |
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A wolverine first photographed by a remote-controlled camera on the Tahoe National Forest in February 2008 is most closely related to Rocky Mountain populations, according to a team of 10 federal, state and university scientists.
Study of bear hair will reveal genetic diversity of Yellowstone's grizzlies
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Dec 18, 2007 |
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Locks of hair from more than 400 grizzly bears are stored at Montana State University, waiting to tell the tale of genetic diversity in the Yellowstone Ecosystem.
Canadian scientists test 'Bigfoot' hairs
Jul 26, 2005 |
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Scientists expect DNA test results this week from a tuft of hair that residents of Teslin, Yukon Territory, Canada, say come from a sasquatch, or Bigfoot.
The buzz on fruit flies: New role in the search for addiction treatments
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 03, 2009 |
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Fruit flies may seem like unlikely heroes in the battle against drug abuse, but new research suggests that these insects — already used to study dozens of human disease — could claim that role. Scientists ...
Camera Spots Wolverine in Sierra Nevada
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Mar 06, 2008 |
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U.S. Forest Service scientists believe an Oregon State University graduate student working on a cooperative project with the agency’s Pacific Southwest Research station on the Tahoe National Forest has photographed ...
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