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• Overexpression of splicing protein in skin repair causes early changes seen in skin cancer
• Tiny swimming bio-bots boldly go where no bot has swum before
• New insights into facial transplantation
• Carbon nanotube sponge shows improved water clean-up
• New discovery on Giant Cell Arteritis sheds light on cause
• High-quality whey proteins for foodstuffs
• 45 years on: How serotonin makes schistosome parasites move
• Study reveals role of sex in spread of deadly disease
• Same cell death pathway involved in three forms of blindness, study finds
• Fathers' diet, bodyweight, health at conception may contribute to obesity in offspring
• Silencing inhibitor of cell replication spurs insulin-producing beta cells to reproduce
• Study associates pro-inflammatory molecules with early death in HIV patients
• Researchers develop longer, stronger cotton fiber
• Traditional Chinese medicines stall progression of diabetes
• Stem cell therapy following meniscus knee surgery may reduce pain, restore meniscus
• Scientists reveal steps leading to necrotizing fasciitis
• Research sheds new light on heritability of disease
• Immune cells may heal an injured heart
• Preventing cell death from infection: Scientists demonstrate powerful method to find new therapies
• Potential treatment for drug-resistant H7N9 influenza virus

Overexpression of splicing protein in skin repair causes early changes seen in skin cancer Posted: 19 Jan 2014 11:24 AM PST In a paper published, a team reports that a protein they show is normally involved in healing wounds and maintaining homeostasis in skin tissue is also, under certain conditions, a promoter of

Tiny swimming bio-bots boldly go where no bot has swum before Posted: 17 Jan 2014 04:13 PM PST The alien world of aquatic micro-organisms just got new residents: synthetic self-propelled swimming bio-bots. Engineers have developed a class of tiny bio-hybrid machines that swim like sperm, the

New insights into facial transplantation Posted: 17 Jan 2014 07:40 AM PST Researchers have demonstrated that immune cells, or T cells, involved in the rejection process are significantly of donor

Carbon nanotube sponge shows improved water clean-up Posted: 17 Jan 2014 06:06 AM PST A new carbon nanotube sponge capable of soaking up water contaminants, such as fertilizers, pesticides and pharmaceuticals, is more than three times more efficiently than previous

New discovery on Giant Cell Arteritis sheds light on cause Posted: 17 Jan 2014 06:06 AM PST New research has revealed -- for the first time -- how the condition Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) may be caused by a certain group of white blood cells called 'neutrophils'. GCA (also known

High-quality whey proteins for foodstuffs Posted: 17 Jan 2014 06:04 AM PST Whey resulting from cheese production contains valuable proteins that still often remain unused. In the project Whey2Food, researchers are investigating how high-quality whey proteins can be obtained

45 years on: How serotonin makes schistosome parasites move Posted: 16 Jan 2014 04:03 PM PST Schistosoma mansoni and its close relatives are parasitic flatworms that affect millions worldwide and kill an estimated 250,000 people a year. A study identifies a new part of the molecular pathway

Study reveals role of sex in spread of deadly disease Posted: 16 Jan 2014 04:02 PM PST Research has provided important new information about transmission of human leishmaniasis, a group of infectious diseases which kills more than 100,000 people a year. Results of a study have shown

Same cell death pathway involved in three forms of blindness, study finds Posted: 16 Jan 2014 01:22 PM PST A research team used canine disease models to closely examine how retinal gene activity varied during the progression of three different forms of inherited vision disease. Their results turned up an

Fathers' diet, bodyweight, health at conception may contribute to obesity in offspring Posted: 16 Jan 2014 01:22 PM PST Research involving rats suggests a biological link between paternal diet, bodyweight and health at the time of conception and the health of his offspring. In a new research report, scientists show

Silencing inhibitor of cell replication spurs insulin-producing beta cells to reproduce Posted: 16 Jan 2014 01:21 PM PST Researchers replicated human pancreatic beta cells in a mouse model in which donor cells were transplanted. The newly replicated cells retained features of mature beta cells and showed a

Study associates pro-inflammatory molecules with early death in HIV patients Posted: 16 Jan 2014 12:08 PM PST A study provides new insight into the impact that pro-inflammatory molecules have on early death in HIV patients who abuse alcohol. The findings pinpoint the inflammatory markers most associated with

Researchers develop longer, stronger cotton fiber Posted: 16 Jan 2014 11:46 AM PST An international collaboration of researchers has figured out how to make a longer cotton fiber —- information that one biologist believes could potentially have a multi-billion-dollar impact on

Traditional Chinese medicines stall progression of diabetes Posted: 16 Jan 2014 11:46 AM PST Traditional Chinese herbal medicines hold promise for slowing the progression from prediabetes to an official diabetes diagnosis, according to new

Stem cell therapy following meniscus knee surgery may reduce pain, restore meniscus Posted: 16 Jan 2014 10:09 AM PST A single stem cell injection following meniscus knee surgery may provide pain relief and aid in meniscus regrowth, according to a novel

Scientists reveal steps leading to necrotizing fasciitis Posted: 16 Jan 2014 10:08 AM PST Researchers have discovered the mechanism by which Streptococcus pyogenes, or Group A streptococcus bacteria, cause life-threatening diseases such as necrotizing fasciitis (commonly known as

Research sheds new light on heritability of disease Posted: 16 Jan 2014 10:08 AM PST A group of international researchers has published a paper describing a study aimed at better understanding how inherited genetic differences, or variants, predispose certain individuals to develop

Immune cells may heal an injured heart Posted: 16 Jan 2014 10:04 AM PST The immune system plays an important role in the heart's response to injury. Now, researchers have shown that two major pools of immune cells are at work in the heart. Both belong to a class of

Preventing cell death from infection: Scientists demonstrate powerful method to find new therapies Posted: 16 Jan 2014 10:04 AM PST Scientists have demonstrated the power of a new drug discovery technique, which allows them to find -— relatively quickly and cheaply -— antibodies that have a desired effect on

Potential treatment for drug-resistant H7N9 influenza virus Posted: 16 Jan 2014 08:27 AM PST A research project is showing promise in fighting the deadly novel avian H7N9 influenza

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