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Hair of Tasmanian Tiger Yields Genes of Extinct Species
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Jan 12, 2009 |
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All the genes that the exotic Tasmanian Tiger inherited only from its mother will be revealed by an international team of scientists in a research paper to be published on 13 January 2009 in the online edition ...
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Japan mouse study finds hair-loss gene: researcher
May 26, 2009 |
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Experiments on mice have revealed a gene that is linked to early hair loss, a Japanese researcher said, sparking hopes for a treatment to prevent thinning and baldness in humans.
Stem cells in hair follicles point to general model of organ regeneration
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Feb 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Most people consider hair as a purely cosmetic part of their lives. To others, it may help uncover one of nature’s best-kept secrets: the body’s ability to regenerate organs. Now, new research ...
Hair today, gone tomorrow: tracking hair loss and growth
Oct 31, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- CSIRO has developed maths-based imaging technology to measure hair on different parts of the human body.
Synchrotron could help save the Tassie devil
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Sep 29, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Australia’s new $A200m synchrotron in Melbourne could contribute to the fight to save the Tasmanian devil from the outbreak of facial tumour disease currently decimating devil populations, ...
Getting to the roots of hair loss
Feb 24, 2008 |
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A healthy individual loses around a hundred hairs a day. Nothing to worry about as long as they are constantly replaced and the losses occur evenly around the whole scalp. But when hair loss goes well beyond this level it ...
Synchrotron could help save the Tassie devil
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Aug 01, 2007 |
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Dr Church says he will use the synchotron to see if the disease causes any biochemical changes in the devils which could be detected in their hair before the disease becomes apparent.
Now hear this: Scientists show how tiny cells deliver big sound
Oct 22, 2009 |
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Deep in the ear, 95 percent of the cells that shuttle sound to the brain are big, boisterous neurons that, to date, have explained most of what scientists know about how hearing works. Whether a rare, whisper-small second ...
Researchers Develop Flow Sensors Based on Blind Fish Hair Structures
Mar 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A blind fish that has evolved a unique technique for sensing motion may inspire a new generation of sensors that perform better than current active sonar.
St. Jude finds 'dancing' hair cells are key to humans' acute hearing
May 07, 2008 |
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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators have found that an electrically powered amplification mechanism in the cochlea of the ear is critical to the acute hearing of humans and other mammals. The findings will ...
One membrane, many frequencies
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Mar 27, 2007 |
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Modern hearing aids, though quite sophisticated, still do not faithfully reproduce sound as hearing people perceive it. New findings at the Weizmann Institute of Science shed light on a crucial mechanism for discerning different ...
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