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Stem cells in hair follicles point to general model of organ regeneration

(PhysOrg.com) -- Most people consider hair as a purely cosmetic part of their lives. To others, it may help uncover one of nature’s best-kept secrets: the body’s ability to regenerate organs. Now, new research ...

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created Feb 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1




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Aesthetician reports on the beauty benefits of oils

Oils can have several protective benefits for all skin and body types. However, deciphering which oils to use for which skin type can be confusing. Aimee Masi of the Loyola Center for Aesthetics works with her patients to ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

With help from UCLA, teenage cancer patient begins to make strides

The doctors told Allie Newman that the pain in her right thigh was tendonitis, nothing to worry about. A little physical therapy and she'd be as good as new.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Hair-cell-derived patient-specific heart cells for disease modeling and drug screening

Hair follicle keratinocytes offer a simple and accessible route to generate patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cells, iPSCs, with minimum inconvenience for the patients, shows study presented at the ESC Congress 2011 ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Aug 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Lascaux's 18,000 year-old cave art under threat

They call her the Old Lady, for she is some 18,000 years old and frail, which is why she is protected by steel doors, security cameras and the gentlest nurturing the 21st century has to offer.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jun 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Weighing cancer risks, from cellphones to coffee

You're sitting in a freshly drywalled house, drinking coffee from a Styrofoam cup and talking on a cellphone. Which of these is most likely to be a cancer risk? It might be the sitting, especially if you do ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 10

A nano-Solution to global water problem: Nanomembranes could filter bacteria

(PhysOrg.com) -- New nanomaterials research from the University at Buffalo could lead to new solutions for an age-old public health problem: how to separate bacteria from drinking water.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Killer paper for next-generation food packaging

Scientists are reporting development and successful lab tests of "killer paper," a material intended for use as a new food packaging material that helps preserve foods by fighting the bacteria that cause spoilage. The paper, ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jan 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Swine flu variant linked to fatal cases might have disabled the clearing mechanism of lungs

(PhysOrg.com) -- A variant of last year's pandemic influenza linked to fatal cases carried a mutation that enabled it to infect a different subset of cells lining the airway, according to new research. The ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Tiny East Timor declares war on leprosy

(AP) -- If there really was a place so remote it could be called the end of the earth, Adelino Quelo's shabby little hut would be prime real estate.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 11, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stem cell versatility could help tissue regeneration

Scientists have reprogrammed stem cells from a key organ in the immune system in a development that could have implications for tissue regeneration.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 18, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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