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Crustacean shell with polyester creates mixed-fiber material for nerve repair

Crustacean shell with polyester creates mixed-fiber material for nerve repair

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jun 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

In the clothing industry it's common to mix natural and synthetic fibers. Take cotton and add polyester to make clothing that's soft, breathable and wrinkle free. Now researchers at the University of Washington ...


Peripheral nerve repair with fat precursor cells led to wider nerves and less muscle atrophy

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

To determine if guided fat (adipose) precursor cells (APCs) could improve nerve regeneration and functional recovery, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh (USA) used biodegradable nerve guides to transplant APCs into ...





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New device implanted by surgeons help paralyzed patients breathe easier

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Physicians at UT Southwestern Medical Center soon will begin implanting a new device designed to improve breathing in patients with upper spinal-cord injuries or other diseases that keep them from breathing independently.


Two molecules affecting brain plasticity

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- You wouldn't want a car with no brakes. It turns out that the developing brain needs them, too.


Dentistry, a high-tech version: Robots not far off, doctor says

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Robots may practice dentistry one day, but there will always be humans telling you to open wide, said a teacher on the cutting edge of tooth care.


Tulane University surgeon pioneers 'scarless' thyroid surgery

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tulane University School of Medicine surgeon Dr. Emad Kandil is one of the first in the country to perform a new form of endoscopic surgery that uses a small incision under the arm to remove all or a portion of the thyroid ...


Early protein processes crucial to formation and layering of myelin membrane

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New findings from an international team of researchers probing the nerve-insulating myelin sheath were bolstered by the work of Boston College biologists, who used x-rays to uncover how mutations affect the structure of myelin, ...


High unexpressed anger in MS patients linked to nervous system damage, not disease severity

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

People with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) feel more than twice as much withheld anger as the general population and this could have an adverse effect on their relationships and health, according to a study published in the December ...


Computational microscope peers into the working ribosome

Computational microscope peers into the working ribosome (w/ Video)

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 2

Two new studies reveal in unprecedented detail how the ribosome interacts with other molecules to assemble new proteins and guide them toward their destination in biological cells. The studies used molecular ...


Upending textbook science on Alzheimer's disease

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Alzheimer's disease is caused by the build-up of a brain peptide called amyloid-beta. That's why eliminating the protein has been the focus of almost all drug research pursuing a cure for the devastating neurodegenerative ...


New discovery about the formation of new brain cells

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created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The generation of new nerve cells in the brain is regulated by a peptide known as C3a, which directly affects the stem cells' maturation into nerve cells and is also important for the migration of new nerve cells through ...


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Research reveals exactly how coughing is triggered by environmental irritants

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created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have revealed how environmental irritants such as air pollution and cigarette smoke cause people to cough, in research published today in the American Journal of Respiratory an ...



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