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Rare window on spinal muscular atrophy genetics

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Apr 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Caused by a mutation of the SMN gene, spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an infantile and juvenile neurodegenerative disorder where motor neuron loss causes progressive paralysis. A new study published in the open access journal ...





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Researchers identify drug candidate for treating spinal muscular atrophy

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A chemical cousin of the common antibiotic tetracycline might be useful in treating spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a currently incurable disease that is the leading genetic cause of death in infants. This is the finding of ...


How does emodin protect rat liver from fibrogenesis?

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In the last decade, advances in the understanding of genes promoting hepatic stellate cell (HSC) activation are impressive. However, there are few breakthroughs in therapeutic intervention of hepatic fibrogenesis. Efficient ...


New computer security guide can help safeguard your small business (w/ Video)

Technology / Other

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Just in time for October's Cyber Security Awareness Month, the National Institute of Standards and Technology has published a guide to help small businesses and organizations understand how to provide basic security for their ...


ISU researchers find possible treatment for spinal muscular atrophy

Researchers find possible treatment for spinal muscular atrophy

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Spinal Muscular Atrophy is the second-leading cause of infant mortality in the world.


Astronomers discover pair of solar systems in the making

Astronomers discover pair of solar systems in the making

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Two University of Hawai'i at Mānoa astronomers have found a binary star-disk system in which each star is surrounded by the kind of dust disk that is frequently the precursor of a planetary system. Doctoral ...


Radio telescope images reveal planet-forming disk orbiting twin suns

Radio telescope images reveal planet-forming disk orbiting twin suns

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jun 10, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 2

Astronomers are announcing today that a sequence of images collected with the Smithsonian's Submillimeter Array (SMA) clearly reveals the presence of a rotating molecular disk orbiting the young binary star ...


First neuroimaging study examining motor execution in children with autism reveals new insights

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In the first neuroimaging study to examine motor execution in children with autism, researchers at the Kennedy Krieger Institute have uncovered important new insight into the neurological basis of autism. The study, published ...


Is transforming growth factor-beta involved in intestinal wound healing?

Medicine & Health / Research

created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Migration of colonic lamina propria fibroblasts (CLPF) plays an important role during the progression of fibrosis and fistulae in Crohn's disease. Transforming growth factor- beta (TGF- beta) is involved in the regulation ...


Turbulence May Promote the Birth of Massive Stars

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (8) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- On long, dark winter nights, the constellation of Orion the Hunter dominates the sky. Within the Hunter's sword, the Orion Nebula swaddles a cluster of newborn stars called the Trapezium. These stars are ...


Astronomers Unveiling Life's Cosmic Origins

Astronomers unveiling life's cosmic origins

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 12, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Processes that laid the foundation for life on Earth -- star and planet formation and the production of complex organic molecules in interstellar space -- are yielding their secrets to astronomers ...



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