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Spinal cord regeneration enabled by stabilizing, improving delivery of scar-degrading enzyme

Spinal cord regeneration enabled by stabilizing, improving delivery of scar-degrading enzyme

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Researchers have developed an improved version of an enzyme that degrades the dense scar tissue that forms when the central nervous system is damaged. By digesting the tissue that blocks re-growth of damaged ...





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Tissue-engineering researchers create replacement knee ligaments from recipients' own cells

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a development that could lead to more complete recovery from torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in humans, University of Michigan researchers have grown and repaired knee ligaments in rats ...


Advance growing animal penile erectile tissue in lab may benefit patients

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

In an advance that could one day enable surgeons to reconstruct and restore function to damaged or diseased penile tissue in humans, researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center's Institute for Regenerative ...


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Metal-Air Battery Could Store 11 Times More Energy than Lithium-Ion

Technology / Energy

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (48) | comments 12

(PhysOrg.com) -- A spinoff company from Arizona State University plans to build a new battery with an energy density 11 times greater than that of lithium-ion batteries for just one-third the cost. With a ...


Yeast in a shell: Coating individual living yeast cells with silicon dioxide

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Our breakfast egg is a peculiarity of nature: a single cell protected by a thin mineral layer. Apart from a number of tiny radiolaria and diatoms, individual cells normally do not have a hard shell. Korean ...


Researchers find new piece of BSE puzzle

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new treatment route for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and its human form Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (CJD) could be a step closer based on new results from scientists at the University of Leeds. The team has found ...


Biologists reveal structure of cell nucleus 'gatekeeper'

Biologists reveal structure of cell nucleus 'gatekeeper'

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- Biologists led by associate professor Thomas Schwartz (MIT) have worked out a rudimentary architectural plan for the nuclear pore complex (NPC), the gatekeeper of the cell's nucleus.


A coating for life: Biodegradable fibers advance stent technology and brain surgery, then disappear

A coating for life: Biodegradable fibers advance stent technology and brain surgery, then disappear

Biology / Biotechnology

created 3 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Stents that keep weakened and flabby arteries from collapsing have been true life-savers. But after six months, those stents are no longer needed -- once the arteries are strengthened, they become unnecessary. ...


Study: Kidney angioplasty brings risks, no benefit

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created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

If you're among the hundreds of thousands of Americans with clogged kidney arteries, you might want to consider trying medicines before rushing into angioplasty to open them up. The pricey procedure is no more effective and ...


PLoS Genetics 2009 maize genome collection

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Maize is an important crop in many countries of the world. It is widely used for human consumption, animal feed, and industrial materials. It also is considered an exemplar plant species for studying domestication, molecular ...



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