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Stem Cell Technology: First Neurons Created From ALS Patient's Skin Cells
July 31, 2008 — Harvard and Columbia scientists have for the first time used a new technique to transform an ALS patient's skin cells into motor neurons, a process that may be used in the future to create ... > full story -
Homosexual Behavior Largely Shaped By Genetics And Random Environmental Factors
June 28, 2008 — Homosexual behavior is largely shaped by genetics and random environmental factors, according to findings from the world's largest study of ... > full story -
Evolution Of Fruit Size In Tomato
June 28, 2008 — In general, domesticated food plants have larger fruits, heads of grain, tubers, etc, because this is one of the characteristics that early hunter-gatherers chose when foraging for food. In addition ... > full story -
Same Drug, Different Results: Researchers On The Path To Personalized Medicine
June 19, 2008 — Medicine has moved a closer to the era of treatments based on the genetic profiles of individual patients. A new study shows how minor genetic differences between individuals alter the way a common ... > full story -
Lifestyle Can Alter Gene Activity, Lead To Insulin Resistance
June 19, 2008 — A Finnish study of identical twins has found that physical inactivity and acquired obesity can impair expression of the genes which help the cells produce energy. The findings suggest that lifestyle, ... > full story -
Patient's Own Infection-Fighting T Cells Put Late-Stage Melanoma Into Long-Term Remission
June 18, 2008 — Researchers describe the first successful use of a human patient's cloned infection-fighting T cells as the sole therapy to put an advanced solid-tumor cancer into long-term ... > full story -
Proteins That Help Develop Mammalian Hearts Identified
May 16, 2008 — The absence of two proteins in mammalian embryos prevents the development of a healthy heart, a new study has found. This is the first study that has successfully identified the factors responsible ... > full story -
Ovarian Cancer Stem Cells Identified, Characterized
April 17, 2008 — Researchers have identified, characterized and cloned ovarian cancer stem cells and have shown that these stem cells may be the source of ovarian cancer's recurrence and its resistance to ... > full story -
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Back Pain May Be In Your Genes, Twin Study Suggests
April 8, 2008 — What do you learn by looking at the spines of hundreds of Finnish twins? If you are the international team of researchers behind the Twin Spine Study, you find compelling proof that back pain ... > full story -
Therapeutic Cloning Treats Parkinson's Disease In Mice
March 23, 2008 — Therapeutic cloning, also known as somatic-cell nuclear transfer, can be used to treat Parkinson's disease in mice. For the first time, researchers showed that therapeutic cloning or SCNT has been ... > full story
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