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New insights into the development of epithelial cells

Scientists of the Max Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch and the Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC) of MDC and Charite in Berlin-Buch have gained new insights into the development of epithelial ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 29, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New findings may shed light on brain and spinal cord birth defects

New research, published by Cell Press in the January 19th issue of the journal Developmental Cell, provides intriguing insight into how the nervous system forms during very early embryonic development. The study sheds light ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 19, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

One step closer to closure: Neuroscientists discovery key to spinal cord defects

Spinal cord disorders like spina bifida arise during early development when future spinal cord cells growing in a flat layer fail to roll up into a tube. In the Dec. 6 issue of Nature Cell Biology, researchers from the Jo ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1




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All set and ready to glow

A new technique that paves the way for manufacturing affordable LED light bulbs is to be exploited in the UK, in a deal that researchers say could have a dramatic impact on carbon emissions.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Report finds 1 in 50 babies has birth defect and highlights worrying gaps in regional monitoring

More than one baby in every 50 is born with a birth defect (congenital anomaly) according to the latest annual report by the British Isles Network of Congenital Anomaly Registers (BINOCAR) – significantly more common ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mouse experiments show fickle functions for folic acid

(Medical Xpress) -- Dietary folic acid helps prevent a subset of neurological birth defects in humans -- although the precise mechanism by which it prevents them is unclear. Now, researchers have found that certain genetic ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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Low blood pressure during dialysis increases risk of clots

A sudden drop in blood pressure while undergoing dialysis has long vexed many kidney patients. Side effects associated with this situation over the long term range from stroke to seizure to heart damage to death. Patients ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 29, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

More candor urged in care of dying cancer patients

(AP) -- Patients don't want to hear that they're dying and doctors don't want to tell them. But new guidance for the nation's cancer specialists says they should be upfront and do it far sooner.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Finding genes that control mind and behavior

The highly sophisticated abilities of humans, such as memory, learning, cognition and thought, are achieved in the brain as a result of dramatic evolutionary development. Personality, preference, behavioral ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Fears grow that Gulf oil could strike Florida

BP reported further progress Tuesday in stemming the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, but new evidence showed part of the slick could be swept to Florida's beaches and sensitive coral reefs.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 18, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1

UK sends warships to rescue stranded Britons

(AP) -- Britain sent Royal Navy warships on Monday to rescue those stranded across the Channel by the volcanic ash cloud, and the aviation industry blasted European transport officials, claiming there was ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 19, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Damaging inflammatory response could hinder spinal cord repair

(PhysOrg.com) -- The inflammatory response following a spinal cord injury appears to be set up to cause extra tissue damage instead of promoting healing, new research suggests.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Mines could provide geothermal energy

Mine shafts on the point of being closed down could be used to provide geothermal energy to local towns. This is the conclusion of two engineers from the University of Oviedo, whose research is being published ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jul 27, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 3


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