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Using Clay to Grow Bone: Researchers Use Synthetic Silicate to Stimulate Stem Cells Into Bone Cells
May 14, 2013 Medical researchers report that synthetic silicate nanoplatelets (also known as layered clay) can induce stem cells to become bone cells without the need of additional bone-inducing ... > full story -
Same Musicians Play a Brand New Tune: Unusual Interplay of Signaling Pathways Shapes Critical Eye Structure
May 14, 2013 A small ensemble of musicians can produce an infinite number of melodies, harmonies and rhythms. So too, do a handful of workhorse signaling pathways that interact to construct multiple structures ... > full story -
Mining the Botulinum Genome
May 14, 2013 Scientists have been mining the genome of C. botulinum to uncover new information about the toxin genes that produce the potent toxin behind ... > full story -
Alligator Stem Cell Study Gives Clues to Tooth Regeneration
May 14, 2013 Alligators may help scientists learn how to stimulate tooth regeneration in people, according to new research. For the first time, a global team of researchers has uncovered unique cellular and ... > full story -
Water Governs Cell Movement: Aquaporins Play Key Role, New Research Finds
May 14, 2013 Water gives life. Researchers now show how the cells in our bodies are driven mainly by water power -- a discovery that in the long run opens the way for a new strategy in cancer ... > full story -
Master Regulator That Drives Majority of Lymphoma Discovered
May 13, 2013 A soon-to-be-tested class of drug inhibitors were predicted to help a limited number of patients with B-cell lymphomas with mutations affecting the EZH2 protein. However medical researchers now ... > full story -
Heart Disease: Healthy Lifestyle Offsets Work-Related Stress, Study Suggests
May 13, 2013 People with job stress and an unhealthy lifestyle are at higher risk of coronary artery disease than people who have job stress but lead healthy lifestyles, found a new ... > full story -
Serotonin Mediates Exercise-Induced Generation of New Neurons
May 13, 2013 Mice that exercise in running wheels exhibit increased neurogenesis in the brain. Crucial to this process is serotonin signaling. Surprisingly, mice lacking brain serotonin due to a genetic mutation ... > full story -
Mutation Causing Wrong-Way Plumbing Explains One Type of Blue-Baby Syndrome
May 12, 2013 Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection, one type of “blue baby” syndrome, is a potentially deadly congenital disorder that occurs when pulmonary veins don’t connect normally to ... > full story -
Potential Flu Pandemic Lurks: Influenza Viruses Circulating in Pigs, Birds Could Pose Risk to Humans
May 10, 2013 In the summer of 1968, a new strain of influenza appeared in Hong Kong. This strain, known as H3N2, spread around the globe and eventually killed an estimated 1 million people. A new study reveals ... > full story
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