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Gene therapy for chronic pain gets first test in people
Sep 15, 2008 |
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This week, University of Michigan scientists will begin a phase 1 clinical trial for the treatment of cancer-related pain, using a novel gene transfer vector injected into the skin to deliver a pain-relieving ...
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Getting rid of the twin image that plagues holography
Jun 19, 2007 |
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For decades, since the ability to create a holographic record was discovered, a problem has plagued the field. “In holography,” Tatiana Latychevskaia tells PhysOrg.com, “a twin image unfortunately appears. It is seen out of ...
Robot Armada Might Scale New Worlds
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An armada of robots may one day fly above the mountain tops of Saturn's moon Titan, cross its vast dunes and sail in its liquid lakes.
New quorum-sensing pathway in yeast found
Apr 17, 2006 |
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U.S. researchers say they have discovered a novel quorum-sensing pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, also known as baker's yeast.
Caltech scientists create robot surrogate for blind persons in testing visual prostheses
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 19, 2009 |
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Scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have created a remote-controlled robot that is able to simulate the "visual" experience of a blind person who has been implanted with a visual ...
'Flexible camera' replaces lens with fiber web
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine a soldier's uniform made of a special fabric that allows him to look in all directions and identify threats that are to his side or even behind him. In work that could turn such science ...
Motor neuron disease and toxic substances: Possible link?
Mar 20, 2008 |
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Motor neuron disease is a rare, devastating illness in which nerve cells that carry brain signals to muscles gradually deteriorate. One form of it, Lou Gehrig’s disease or ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), is familiar ...
RNA interference found in budding yeasts
Sep 11, 2009 |
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Some budding yeast species have the ability to silence genes using RNA interference (RNAi). Until now, most researchers thought that no budding yeasts possess the RNAi pathway because Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the protoypical ...
Low blood sugar: A killer for kidney disease patients?
May 07, 2009 |
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Low blood sugar, or hypoglycemia, poses a serious health threat for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN ...
Scientists find genetic oddity protects sex cells
Nov 22, 2006 |
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Researchers have found that a class of RNA molecules previously thought to have no function may in fact protect sex cells from self-destructing.
Scientists discover role for dueling RNAs
Nov 16, 2006 |
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Researchers have found that a class of RNA molecules, previously thought to have no function, may in fact protect sex cells from self-destructing. These findings will be published in the November 17 issue of the journal Cell.
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