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Advances in Delivery of Therapeutic Genes to Treat Brain Tumors
June 27, 2011 Novel tools and methods for delivering therapeutic genes to cells in the central nervous system hold great promise for the development of new treatments to combat incurable neurologic ... > full story -
Helping Deaf People to Enjoy Music Again
June 23, 2011 Researchers from the UK are investigating how to help deaf people, who have received a cochlear implant, to get more enjoyment from ... > full story -
Surgeons Perform First Prosthetic Bypass Graft With Patient's Stem Cells at Point-of-Care
June 17, 2011 The first three patients to undergo an investigational surgical procedure for peripheral vascular disease that involves the patient's own stem cells continue to do well, say doctors . The "TGI-PVG ... > full story -
After 55 Years, Surgery Restores Sight
June 17, 2011 After being hit in the eye by a stone, a detached retina left a man blind in his right eye. Doctors at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary have reported a case, describing how this patient had ... > full story -
Scientists Turn Memories Off and on With Flip of Switch
June 17, 2011 Scientists have developed a way to turn memories on and off -- literally with the flip of a switch. Using an electronic system that duplicates the neural signals associated with learning, they ... > full story -
Noninvasive Brain Implant Could Someday Translate Thoughts Into Movement
June 16, 2011 A brain implant developed at the University of Michigan uses the body's skin like a conductor to wirelessly transmit the brain's neural signals to control a computer, and may eventually be used to ... > full story -
Starting Signal for Athletes With Sensory Disability
June 15, 2011 A new system alerts racers about the race start through visual signals -- enabling reaction time equal to other ... > full story -
Why Hair Turns Gray: Communication Between Hair Follicles and Melanocyte Stem Cells Key to Mystery
June 14, 2011 A new study has shown that, for the first time, Wnt signaling, already known to control many biological processes, between hair follicles and melanocyte stem cells can dictate hair ... > full story -
Sniffing out a New Source of Stem Cells
June 13, 2011 New research in mice suggests that adult stem cells from immune system tissue in the smell-sensing region of the human nose (human olfactory ecto--mesenchymal stem cells [OE-MSCs]) could provide a ... > full story -
New Software 'Hearing Dummies' Pave the Way for Tailor-Made Hearing Aids
June 13, 2011 New software "hearing dummies" are part of cutting-edge research that promises to revolutionize the diagnosis and treatment of hearing impairments. The work could also be used in the long-term to ... > full story
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