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Researchers identify key mechanism that guides cells to form heart tissue
Mar 17, 2010 |
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Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) have identified a key cellular mechanism that guides embryonic heart tissue formation -- a process which, if disrupted, can lead to ...
Childhood adversity may promote cellular aging
Mar 16, 2010 |
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Children who suffer physical or emotional abuse could be faced with accelerated cellular aging as adults, according to new research published by Elsevier in Biological Psychiatry.
Brain mechanism may explain alcohol cravings that drive relapse
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Mar 10, 2010 |
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New research provides exciting insight into the molecular mechanisms associated with addiction and relapse. The study, published by Cell Press in the March 11 issue of the journal Neuron, uncovers a crucial mechanism that f ...
The Mechanisms of Memory
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 09, 2010 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- USC College's Michel Baudry and graduate student Sohila Zadran brought forty years of research to a pinnacle with their breakthroughs in the science of learning and memory.
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Causes found for stiff skin conditions
Mar 19, 2010 |
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By studying the genetics of a rare inherited disorder called stiff skin syndrome, researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have learned more about scleroderma, a condition affecting about one in 5,000 ...
Stem cells used to model infant birth defect
Mar 18, 2010 |
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Hemangiomas -- strawberry-like birthmarks that commonly develop in early infancy - are generally harmless, but up to 10 percent cause tissue distortion or destruction and sometimes obstruction of vision or breathing. Since ...
1 gene lost = 1 limb regained? Scientists demonstrate mammalian regeneration through single gene deletion
Mar 15, 2010 |
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A quest that began over a decade ago with a chance observation has reached a milestone: the identification of a gene that may regulate regeneration in mammals. The absence of this single gene, called p21, confers a healing ...
Researchers identify gene that may play key role in atherosclerosis, other diseases
Mar 15, 2010 |
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To understand the role of inflammation in cardiovascular and other diseases, it is essential to identify and characterize genes that induce an inflammatory response in the body -- and the genes that regulate ...
Pancreatic cancer study reveals mechanism initiating disease, in mice
Mar 12, 2010 |
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UCSF scientists have discovered how a mutated gene known as Kras is able to hijack mouse cells damaged by acute pancreatitis, putting them on the path to becoming pancreatic cancer cells.
'Relaxation' a critical step in vertebrate brain development
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Mar 12, 2010 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Normal vertebrate brain ventricle formation relies upon the stretchiness or "relaxation" of the neuroepithelium, which is regulated by the motor protein myosin. This process was discovered ...
Discovery of cellular 'switch' may provide new means of triggering cell death, treating disease
Mar 11, 2010 |
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A research team led by the University of Colorado at Boulder has discovered a previously unknown cellular "switch" that may provide researchers with a new means of triggering programmed cell death, findings ...
Infectious virus hidden in chromosomes during latency can be passed from parents to children
Mar 08, 2010 |
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Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) infects nearly 100 percent of humans in early childhood, and the infection then lasts for the rest of a person's life. Now, a team led by Peter Medveczky, MD, a professor in the ...
Scientists discover how ocean bacterium turns carbon into fuel (w/ Video)
Mar 04, 2010 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. We hear this mantra time and again. When it comes to carbon‹the "Most Wanted" element in terms of climate change‹nature has got reuse and recycle covered. However, ...
Loss of enzyme reduces neural activity in Angelman syndrome
Mar 04, 2010 |
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Angelman Syndrome is a rare but serious genetic disorder that causes a constellation of developmental problems in affected children, including mental retardation, lack of speech, and in some cases, autism. Over a decade ago, ...
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