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Neural stem cell differentiation factor discovered

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Neural stem cells represent the cellular backup of our brain. These cells are capable of self-renewal to form new stem cells or differentiate into neurons, astrocytes or oligodendrocytes. Astrocytes have supportive functions ...





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Microsoft says it can restore wiped Sidekick data

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- There may be a happy ending after all for owners of Sidekick phones who thought they might have permanently lost contact numbers and other personal information they had put on the gadget.


Stem cell derived neurons for research relevant to Alzheimer's and Niemann-Pick type C diseases

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Stem cell derived neurons may allow scientists to determine whether breakdowns in the transport of proteins, lipids and other materials within cells trigger the neuronal death and neurodegeneration that characterize Alzheimer's ...


Scientists devise potential approach to treat spinal muscular atrophy

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 05, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

In the neuromuscular disease called spinal muscular atrophy, or SMA, a protein deficiency caused by a single gene mutation leads to serious damage in growing nerve cells and the muscles they control.


Researchers to develop probes to study cellular GPS

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An international group of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, Goettingen Medical School in Germany and the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom have received a Human Frontiers Science Program (HFSP) grant ...


Tech accessories can spice up holiday list

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

As much as I love buying big-ticket items such as TVs, computers, cell phones and cameras, I also love buying accessories for those items just as much, maybe even more.


Internet giant Google is considering entering India's third-generation (3G) telecommunications market

Google eyeing India 3G market: report

Technology / Telecom

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Internet giant Google is considering entering India's third-generation (3G) telecommunications market, a report said Tuesday.


Nanoparticles may cause DNA damage across a cellular barrier

Nanoparticles may cause DNA damage across a cellular barrier

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have shown in the laboratory that metal nanoparticles damaged the DNA in cells on the other side of a cellular barrier. The research, by the University of Bristol, is published ...


Polycystins : proteins that regulate the cellular barometer

Polycystins : proteins that regulate the cellular barometer

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

What is the role of proteins called polycystins in patients with polycystic kidney disease? A team of researchers from CNRS and INSERM, led by Eric Honoré from the Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire ...


Common weed could provide clues on aging and cancer

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A common weed and human cancer cells could provide some very uncommon details about DNA structure and its relationship with telomeres and how they affect cellular aging and cancer, according to a team led by scientists from ...


Ubiquitous health: Enabling telemedicine to cut hospital visits, save money

Technology / Telecom

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A ubiquitous health monitoring system that automatically alerted the patient's family or physician to problematic changes in the person's vital signs could cut hospital visits and save lives, according to Japanese researchers ...



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