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Beike Biotechnology and Medistem, Inc. Report on 114 Patients Treated With Novel Cord Blood Stem Cell Protocol; New Approach Opens Door to Expanded Uses of Cord Blood Stem Cells SHENZHEN, China, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-Asia/ — In a new peer-reviewed article published by the Journal of Translational Medicine, scientists from Beike Biotechnology ( <a href=”http://www.beikebiotech.com/” target=”_blank” onc…
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Contact: Kathy Svitil ksvitil@caltech.edu 626-395-8022 California Institute of Technology PASADENA, Calif. – Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have devised a new technique – using a sheet of carbon just one atom thick – to visualize the structure of molecules. The technique, which was used to obtain the first dir…
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Contact: Walter Trahanovsky wtrahan@iastate.edu 515-294-2886 Iowa State University AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University researchers have found a way to produce high-value chemicals such as ethylene glycol and propylene glycol from biomass rather than petroleum sources. Walter Trahanovsky, an Iowa State professor of chemistry who likes …
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Contact: Jocelyn Duffy jhduffy@andrew.cmu.edu 412-268-9982 Carnegie Mellon University Heterogeneous groups of neurons transmit twice as much information as homogeneous groups PITTSBURGH – Much like snowflakes, no two neurons are exactly alike. But it's not the size or shape that sets one neuron apart from another, …
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Contact: Patricia Marquardt patricia.marquardt@molgen.mpg.de 49-308-413-1716 Max-Planck-Gesellschaft The majority of rare diseases are hereditary. But despite significant progress in genome research, in most cases their exact cause remains unclear. The discovery of the underlying genetic defect is, however, a prerequisite for their de…
[NEWS] Contact: Cheryl Dybas cdybas@nsf.gov 703-292-7734 National Science Foundation Pitcher-plant-dwelling mosquito shows effects of Earth’s rapidly changing climate Scientists at the University of Oregon have determined the fine-scale genetic structure of the first animal to show an evolutionary response to rapid climate change…
A study by Berkeley Lab researchers of a deepwater dispersed oil plume formed in the aftermath of the damaged BP wellhead in the Gulf of Mexico shows that microbial activity, spearheaded by a new and unclassified species, degrades oil much faster than anticipated.
[NEWS] Contact: Ariel DuChene adduchen@syr.edu 315-443-2546 Syracuse University Research may be a key to creating efficient biofuel production Scientists and engineers seek to meet three goals in the production of biofuels from non-edible sources such as microalgae: efficiency, economical production and ecological sustainability. S…
[NEWS] Contact: Randolph Fillmore rfillmor@health.usf.edu 813-974-0860 University of South Florida (USF Health) Stem cells differentiate and proliferate; so do stem cell journals Are there too many stem cell research journals? This question has been posed by Drs. Paul Sanberg and Cesar Borlongan of the Department…
The personal genetic-testing industry is under fire, but happier days lie ahead
“BY ALL accounts, I’m a medical miracle,” says Ozzy Osbourne, an ageing rock star who once bit the head off a live bat. For four decades Mr Osbourne (pictured above in his prime) drank too much and took prodigious quantities of drugs. Yet he [...]
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