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Making Axons Branch and Grow to Help Nerve Regeneration After Injury
March 22, 2013 — One molecule makes nerve cells grow longer. Another one makes them grow branches. These new experimental manipulations have taken researchers a step closer to understanding how nerve cells are ... > full story -
Atherosclerosis: Specific microRNAs Promote Inflammation
March 22, 2013 — Atherosclerosis, an inflammatory reaction, is at the root of the most common forms of cardiovascular disease. Researchers have now identified a microRNA that plays a prominent role in the process, ... > full story -
How Organic Magnets Grow in a Thin Film
March 22, 2013 — Development of organic single molecule magnets opens a great many of applications for magnetic materials and new memory technologies. Organic magnets are lighter, more flexible and less energy ... > full story -
Quirky Lyme Disease Bacteria: Unlike Most Organisms, They Don't Need Iron, but Crave Manganese
March 21, 2013 — Scientists have confirmed that the pathogen that causes Lyme disease -- unlike any other known organism -- can exist without iron, a metal that all other life needs to make proteins and enzymes. ... > full story -
Researchers Alter Mosquito Genome With Goal of Controlling Disease
March 21, 2013 — With a technique called TALENS, scientists used a pair of engineered proteins to disrupt a targeted gene in the mosquito genome, changing the eye color of ensuing generations of the insect. The ... > full story -
Breakthrough Could Lead to Cheaper, More Sustainable Chemical Production
March 21, 2013 — A new advance could enable the production of an important commodity chemical using carbon dioxide as a carbon source instead of petroleum. Carbon dioxide is basically free, and something the planet ... > full story -
Enzymes Allow DNA to Swap Information With Exotic Molecules
March 21, 2013 — Scientists have been hunting for a biological Rosetta Stone -- an enzyme allowing DNA's four-letter language to be written into a simpler (and potentially more ancient) molecule that may have existed ... > full story -
Pain Reliever Shows Anti-Viral Activity Against Flu
March 21, 2013 — The over-the-counter anti-inflammatory drug naproxen may also exhibit antiviral activity against influenza A virus, according to a team of scientists. The findings are the result of a structure-based ... > full story -
New Method Developed to Expand Blood Stem Cells for Bone Marrow Transplant
March 21, 2013 — More than 50,000 stem cell transplants are performed each year worldwide. Scientists may have solved a major issue of expanding adult hematopoietic stem cells outside the human body for clinical use ... > full story -
Discovery Could Increase Efficacy of Promising Cystic Fibrosis Drug
March 21, 2013 — Researchers believe they have found exactly how Kalydeco (Vx-770), the first drug of its kind to treat the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis, works and how to improve its effectiveness in the ... > full story
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