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Evolution of new brain area enables complex movements

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new area of the cerebral cortex has evolved to enable man and higher primates to pick up small objects and deftly use tools, according to neuroscientists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Pittsburgh's ...





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Biofunctionalized magnetic-vortex microdiscs

Highlight: Biofunctionalized magnetic-vortex microdiscs

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

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Users from Argonne's Materials Science Division and University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine, working collaboratively on a user science project with CNM's Nanobio Interfaces Group, have discovered ...


Mathematical models key to tracking gossip, terrorists

Mathematical models key to tracking gossip, terrorists

Other Sciences / Mathematics

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Thanks to the Internet and online social networks (OSNs) news and gossip now spread literally like wildfire -- uncontrollably and seemingly without any order. But according to one Ryerson ...


Decline of hormone therapy decreases breast cancer cases, analysis finds

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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The declining use of hormone therapy among women has led to 6,000 fewer invasive breast cancer cases a year, according to an analysis by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The research quantifies and advances ...


'Mini' transplant may reverse severe sickle cell disease

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Results of a preliminary study by scientists at the National Institutes of Health and Johns Hopkins show that "mini" stem cell transplantation may safely reverse severe sickle cell disease in adults.


Researchers uncover chemical basis for extra 'quality control' in protein production

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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December 9, 2009 -Even small errors made by cells during protein production can have profound disease effects, and nature has developed ways to uncover these mistakes and correct them. Though in the case of one essential ...


Nerve-cell transplants help brain-damaged rats fully recover lost ability to learn

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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Nerve cells transplanted into brain-damaged rats helped them to fully recover their ability to learn and remember, probably by promoting nurturing, protective growth factors, according to a new study.


How calorie-restricted diets fight obesity and extend life span

How calorie-restricted diets fight obesity and extend life span

Medicine & Health / Research

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Scientists searching for the secrets of how calorie-restricted diets increase longevity are reporting discovery of proteins in the fat cells of human volunteers that change as pounds drop off. The proteins ...


A new target for lymphoma therapy

A new target for lymphoma therapy

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Researchers at the Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine and the Immune Disease Institute at Children's Hospital Boston (PCMM/IDI) have found a link between a common mutation that can lead to cancer and ...


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 ...


More than fish bait: Worms unlock secrets to new epilepsy treatments

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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A team of scientists from The University of Alabama used worms to reel in information that they hope will lead to a greater understanding of cellular mechanisms that may be exploited to treat epilepsy. In a new research report ...



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