News tagged with sonic hedgehog
Signal explains why site of origin affects fate of postnatal neural stem cells
New research may help to explain why the location of postnatal neural stem cells in the brain determines the type of new neurons that are generated. The research, published by Cell Press in the July 28 issue of the journal ...
Jul 27, 2011 |
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Sluggish cell division may help explain genital defects
Scientists have learned how a gene widely known for precisely positioning and sculpting various organs also controls the speed of cell division, a finding that could be useful for understanding the explosive growth of cancer ...
Jun 01, 2010 |
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Sonic hedgehog gene found in an unexpected place during limb development
Sonic hedgehog, a gene that plays a crucial rule in the positioning and growth of limbs, fingers and toes, has been confirmed in an unexpected place in the embryos of developing mice -- the layer of cells that creates the ...
Mar 09, 2010 |
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Human ES cells progress slowly in myelin's direction
Scientists from the University of Wisconsin, USA, report in the journal Development the successful generation from human embryonic stem cells of a type of cell that can make myelin, a finding that opens up new possibilities for bo ...
Apr 09, 2009 |
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A breakthrough in pinpointing protective mechanisms in Multiple Sclerosis
In an article published in the prestigious journal Science, a team of researchers led by Dr Alexander Prat and postgraduate fellow Jorge Alvarez at the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHU ...
Dec 02, 2011 |
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Video gaming gets back to roots in Paris show
From the 1970s table-tennis game "Pong" to the fast-paced, total-immersion of modern-day hits like "Call of Duty", a new show retracing the four-decade history of the video game opened Thursday in Paris.
Nov 10, 2011 |
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The battle of the morphogens: How to get ahead in the nervous system
If you think today's political rhetoric is overheated, imagine what goes on inside a vertebrate embryo. There, two armies whose agendas are poles apart, engage in a battle with consequences much more dire ...
Sep 01, 2011 |
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Can't ban violent video sales to kids, court says
(AP) -- States cannot ban the sale or rental of ultraviolent video games to children, the Supreme Court ruled Monday, rejecting such limits as a violation of young people's First Amendment rights and leaving ...
Jun 27, 2011 |
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1.29 million customers' data stolen from Sega (Update)
Hackers have stolen the personal data of some 1.29 million customers of the Japanese game maker Sega, the company said Sunday, in a theft via a website of its European unit.
Jun 19, 2011 |
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A scientific breakthrough could help understand certain cancers
A scientific breakthrough by researchers at the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM) will be published tomorrow in Developmental Cell, a scientific journal of the Cell Press group. Led by Dr. Frédéric Charro ...
Jun 13, 2011 |
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Mechanism for repairing bladder infection damage identified
(PhysOrg.com) -- The bladder is a supple, muscular organ with a well-defined task: Store urine and release it at an appropriate time. Unlike its workhorse neighbor, the intestine, it doesn’t need a lot of fussy cell ...
Mar 10, 2011 |
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Hard-to-find fish reveals shared developmental toolbox of evolution
(PhysOrg.com) -- A SCUBA expedition in Australia and New Zealand to find the rare embryos of an unusual shark cousin enabled American and British researchers to confirm new developmental similarities between ...
Jan 10, 2011 |
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Different origins discovered for medulloblastoma tumor subtypes
Investigators have demonstrated for the first time that the most common malignant childhood brain tumor, medulloblastoma, is actually several different diseases, each arising from distinct cells destined to become different ...
Dec 08, 2010 |
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Protein could heal erectile dysfunction after cancer surgery
After men have surgery to remove a cancerous prostate gland, up to 80 percent of them will lose the ability to have an erection because of damage to a critical nerve that runs along the prostate.
Jun 08, 2010 |
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