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Scientists uncover evolutionary keys to common birth disorders

Jan 14, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

The work of Forsyth scientist Peter Jezewski, DDS, Ph.D., has revealed that duplication and diversification of protein regions ('modules') within ancient master control genes is key to the understanding of certain birth disorders. ...

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Forsyth scientists trigger cancer-like response from embryonic stem cells

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Oct 13, 2008 | 5 / 5 (9) | 1

Scientists from The Forsyth Institute, working with collaborators at Tufts and Tuebingen Universities, have discovered a new control over embryonic stem cells' behavior. The researchers disrupted a natural bioelectrical mechanism ...

Scientists gain new understanding of adult stem cell regulation

Medicine & Health / Research

Aug 01, 2007 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Forsyth Institute scientists have discovered an important mechanism for controlling the behavior of adult stem cells. Research with the flatworm, planaria, found a novel role for the proteins involved in cell-to-cell communication. ...

Scientists make major discovery to advance regenerative medicine

Medicine & Health / Research

Feb 28, 2007 | 4.7 / 5 (15) | 0

Scientists at Forsyth may have moved one step closer to regenerating human spinal cord tissue by artificially inducing a frog tadpole to re-grow its tail at a stage in its development when it is normally impossible. Using ...

Forsyth scientists discover early key to regeneration

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Dec 13, 2006 | 4.8 / 5 (5) | 0

Science may be one step closer to understanding how a limb can be grown or a spinal cord can be repaired. Scientists at The Forsyth Institute have discovered that some cells have to die for regeneration to occur. This research ...

Scientists suggest linkages between obesity and oral bacterial infection

Medicine & Health / Diseases

Jul 08, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

A scientific team from The Forsyth Institute has discovered new links between certain oral bacteria and obesity. In a recent study, the researchers demonstrated that the salivary bacterial composition of overweight women ...

Scientists identify genes capable of regulating stem cell function

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Sep 17, 2008 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

Scientists from The Forsyth Institute, Boston, MA, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the University of Utah School of Medicine have developed a new system in which to study known mammalian adult stem cell disorders. ...

Scientists gain new understanding of disease-causing bacteria

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

Nov 30, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

A team of scientists from The Forsyth Institute, the University of Connecticut Health Center, the CDC and the Wadsworth Center, have used state-of-the-art technology to elucidate the molecular architecture of Treponema pallidum, ...

Scientists launch first comprehensive database of human oral microbiome

Medicine & Health / Other

Mar 26, 2008 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

Scientists know more today than ever before about the microbes that inhabit our mouths. They know so much, in fact, that gathering all of the relevant bits of information into one place when designing experiments can be ...

Scientists find linkages between serotonin reuptake inhibitors and bone mass

Medicine & Health / Medications

Oct 13, 2006 | 4.5 / 5 (6) | 0

Scientists at The Forsyth Institute have found that fluoxetine (Prozac), a drug used in the treatment of depression and obsessive-compulsive disorders, increases bone mass. The team of researchers analyzed the ability of ...