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Testes stem cell can change into other body tissues, study shows

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created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine and at UC-San Francisco have succeeded in isolating stem cells from human testes. The cells bear a striking resemblance to embryonic stem cells — they can differentiate ...





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Largest gene study of childhood IBD identifies 5 new genes

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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In the largest, most comprehensive genetic analysis of childhood-onset inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), an international research team has identified five new gene regions, including one involved in a biological pathway ...


MIT scientists pinpoint origin of dissolved arsenic in Bangladesh drinking water

Scientists pinpoint origin of dissolved arsenic in Bangladesh drinking water

Space & Earth / Environment

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Researchers in MIT's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering believe they have pinpointed a pathway by which arsenic may be contaminating the drinking water in Bangladesh, a phenomenon that has puzzled ...


Researchers find potential treatment for Huntington's disease (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Research

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Investigators at Burnham Institute for Medical Research, the University of British Columbia's Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics and the University of California, San Diego have found that normal synaptic activity ...


Hawaii's famed white sandy beaches are shrinking (AP)

Hawaii's famed white sandy beaches are shrinking

Space & Earth / Environment

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(AP) -- Jenn Boneza remembers when the white sandy beach near the boat ramp in her hometown was wide enough for people to build sand castles.


Commuters wait on the platform shrouded by fog in London

Climate change not man-made, say majority of Britons: poll

Space & Earth / Environment

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Less than half of Britons believes that human activity is to blame for global warming, according to a poll carried out for The Times newspaper and published on Saturday.


Study reveals why certain drug combinations backfire

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Combination drug therapy has become a staple for treating many infections. For instance, doctors treat extensively drug resistant forms of tuberculosis with one drug that breaks down the pathogen's protective barriers and ...


Robots perform Shakespeare to learn how to save people

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Flying robot fairies are joining human actors in Texas A&M University?s production of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, which runs through Sunday (Nov. 15) in the Rudder Forum.


Fatty acids clue for Alzheimer's

Fatty acids clue for Alzheimer's

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The amount of fatty acids in the brain varies between healthy people and those with Alzheimer's according to new research from the University of Bristol, UK, supported by the Alzheimer's Research ...


Feds ignored Medicare scam warnings for years

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- For three years, the federal agency in charge of preventing Medicare fraud repeatedly ignored internal watchdog warnings about swindlers stealing millions of dollars by scamming several programs, documents show.


Doctors create gum that helps promote tooth health

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1

With the help of a gum chomping machine and years of careful chemistry, University of Kentucky researchers have developed a chewing gum that can help replace toothpaste and a toothbrush, thus improving the health of soldiers ...



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