Medical research
New stem cell technique promises abundance of key heart cells cardiomyocytes
Cardiomyocytes, the workhorse cells that make up the beating heart, can now be made cheaply and abundantly in the laboratory.
May 28, 2012
0
0
Page 10 - News tagged with biological effects
Oncology & Cancer
Cancer may require simpler genetic mutations than previously thought
Chromosomal deletions in DNA often involve just one of two gene copies inherited from either parent. But scientists haven't known how a deletion in one gene from one parent, called a "hemizygous" deletion, can contribute ...
May 25, 2012
0
0
Genetics
Whole genome sequencing of rare olfactory neuroblastoma
The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and the Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale Healthcare have conducted whole genome sequencing (WGS) of a rare nasal tract cancer called olfactory neuroblastoma ...
May 23, 2012
0
0
Genetics
Social stress affects immune system gene expression in monkeys
The ranking of a monkey within her social environment and the stress accompanying that status dramatically alters the expression of nearly 1,000 genes, a new scientific study reports. The research is the first to demonstrate ...
Apr 9, 2012
0
0
Genetics
Scientists develop gene therapy approach to grow blood vessels in ischemic limbs
A new research discovery by a team of Stanford and European scientists offers hope that people with atherosclerotic disease may one day be able to avoid limb amputation related to ischemia. A new research report appearing ...
Mar 6, 2012
0
0
Health
Government studies inconclusive on health impact of chemical contaminants at Fort Detrick, Md.
Two government-issued studies are unable to demonstrate whether people were harmed by groundwater contaminated with toxic pollutants from Area B of Fort Detrick, Md., says a new report by the National Research Council. Furthermore, ...
Mar 5, 2012
0
0
Health
For sleep struggles, women urged to alter routines
(HealthDay) -- Driven to sleeplessness by the effects of stress and the demands of their own biology, women are more likely than men to have serious sleep problems, experts say.
Mar 2, 2012
0
0
Neuroscience
Alzheimer's drugs may have adverse side effects
Alzheimer's disease drugs now being tested in clinical trials may have potentially adverse side effects, according to new Northwestern Medicine research. A study with mice suggests the drugs could act like a bad electrician, ...
Feb 18, 2012
1
0
Medical research
New 'smart' nanotherapeutics can deliver drugs directly to the pancreas
A research collaboration between the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Children's Hospital Boston has developed "smart" injectable nanotherapeutics that can be programmed to selectively ...
Jan 12, 2012
0
112
Health
New analysis casts doubt on results of tobacco industry studies into safety of cigarette additives
New analysis casts doubt on results of tobacco industry studies into safety of cigarette additives
Dec 20, 2011
0
0
