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Church effort sharply increases first-time African-American blood donors

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 15, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A program at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and St. Louis Children's Hospital designed to increase awareness about sickle cell disease and the importance of blood donations within the African-American ...





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Researchers Examine How Viruses Destroy Bacteria

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Viruses are well known for attacking humans and animals, but some viruses instead attack bacteria. Texas A&M University researchers are exploring how hungry viruses, armed with transformer-like weapons, attack bacteria, which ...


Measure to change U. of Neb. stem-cell rule fails (AP)

Measure to change U. of Neb. stem-cell rule fails (Update 2)

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The University of Nebraska's governing board on Friday voted not to place tighter restrictions on embryonic stem cell research than those outlined under federal guidelines, which were expanded after ...


Embryonic stem cell therapy closer to human trials

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Embryonic stem cell therapy got a step closer to the clinic Thursday after US researchers said they filed a request for government approval of human trials.


Crosstalk between critical cell-signaling pathways holds clues to tumor invasion and metastasis

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Two signaling pathways essential to normal human development - the Wnt/Wingless (Wnt) and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) pathways - interact in ways that can promote tumor cell invasion and metastasis, researchers ...


New understanding about mechanism for cell death after stroke leads to possible therapy

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists at the Brain Research Centre, a partnership of the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, have uncovered new information about the mechanism by which ...


The indefinite self-renewal of specialized cells without the need for stem cell intermediates

The indefinite self-renewal of specialized cells without the need for stem cell intermediates

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Is the indefinite expansion of adult cells possible without recourse to stem cell intermediates? The team led by Michael Sieweke at the Centre d'immunologie de Marseille Luminy, France has ...


Exploration by explosion: Studying the inner realm of living cells

Exploration by explosion: Studying the inner realm of living cells

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Scientists in Washington, DC, are reporting development and successful tests of a new way for exploring the insides of living cells, the microscopic building blocks of all known plants and animals. They explode ...


Researchers Study Effect of Cinnamon Compounds on Brain Cells

Researchers Study Effect of Cinnamon Compounds on Brain Cells

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cell-culture studies looking into how compounds in cinnamon extract affect brain cells are being conducted by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists. The researchers have reported ...


Cross-country runabouts -- immune cells on the move

Cross-country runabouts -- immune cells on the move

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In order to effectively fight pathogens, even at remote areas of the human body, immune cells have to move quickly and in a flexible manner.


Of Mutants and Mechanisms: Researching Growth-Regulation Proteins That Underlie Cancer

Of Mutants and Mechanisms: Researching Growth-Regulation Proteins That Underlie Cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) --A University of Arkansas researcher will study potential cancer-causing mutants of a protein involved in cell growth regulation, thanks to a supplemental grant from the National Institutes ...



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