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Scientists Develop Promising New Procedure To Differentiate Human Embryonic Stem Cells
Houston TC (SPX) Feb 28, 2007Molecular scientists at the Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases (IMM) - which is part of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston - have developed a new procedure for the differentiation of human embryonic stem cells, with which they have created the first transplantable source of lung epithelial cells. MIT Bioengineer Advances Survival And Promise Of Adult Stem Cells 
Cambridge MA (SPX) Feb 28, 2007MIT researchers have developed a technique to encourage the survival and growth of adult stem cells, a step that could help realize the therapeutic potential of such cells. Adult stem cells, found in many tissues in the body, are precursor cells for specific cell types. For example, stem cells found in the bone marrow develop into blood cells, bone cells and other connective tissues, and neural stem cells develop into brain tissue. Researchers Review Bio Detection Technologies 
Livermore, CA (SPX) Feb 28, 2007In an effort to detect biological threats quickly and accurately, a number of detection technologies have been developed. Researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory review several of the latest technologies in the most recent issue (Issue 3, 2007), of the British journal "The Analyst," which appears online. "It's important to provide a summary of the latest technologies and approaches for sensing systems and platforms that could lead to bioagent detectors for responders to use in the field," said LLNL's lead author Jeffrey Tok. |
City Ants Take The Heat
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 28, 2007While Al Gore's film, An Inconvenient Truth, has generated greater awareness of global warming, most people remain unaware of the more rapid warming that has occurred within major cities. In fact, large cities can be more than 10 degrees hotter than their surroundings. These metropolitan hot spots, which scientists refer to as urban heat islands, can stress the animals and plants that make their home alongside humans. A Year Of African Carnage From 23,000 Elephants 
Chicago IL (SPX) Feb 28, 2007African elephants are being slaughtered for their ivory at a rate unprecedented since an international convention banning ivory trade took effect in 1989, a University of Washington biologist says. The problem is so serious that the giant creatures might be on the path to extinction unless western nations reinstate strong enforcement efforts that all but halted black-market ivory trade in the four years immediately after the ban was enacted, said Samuel Wasser, director of the UW Center for Conservation Biology. Lost Cuckoo Breaks Its Silence 
Bronx, NY (SPX) Feb 28, 2007A team of biologists with the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) have recorded for the first time the call of the extremely rare Sumatran ground cuckoo, found only on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. The bird was captured by a trapper and handed over to WCS biologists, who recorded the bird's call while it nursed an injured foot. Once fully recovered, the bird will be released back into the wild. |
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First Direct Electric Link Between Neurons And Light-Sensitive Nanoparticle Films Created
Galveston TX (SPX) Feb 28, 2007The world's first direct electrical link between nerve cells and photovoltaic nanoparticle films has been achieved by researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) and the University of Michigan. The development opens the door to applying the unique properties of nanoparticles to a wide variety of light-stimulated nerve-signaling devices - including the possible development of a nanoparticle-based artificial retina. Eating Ice Cream May Help Women To Conceive But Low-Fat Dairy Foods May Increase Infertility Risk 
Paris, France (SPX) Feb 28, 2007Drinking whole fat milk and eating ice cream appears to be better for women trying to become pregnant than a diet consisting of low-fat dairy products such as skimmed milk and yoghurt, according to new research published in Europe's leading reproductive medicine journal, Human Reproduction, today (28 February). [1] Researchers in the United States have found a link between a low-fat dairy diet and increased risk of infertility due to lack of ovulation (anovulatory infertility). CSIRO Imagery Shows Outer Great Barrier Reef At Risk From River Plumes 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Feb 28, 2007A stunning series of satellite imagery of Australia's Great Barrier Reef released by the CSIRO shows for the first time visual confirmation of the theory that sediment plumes travel to the outer reef. |
Unique Tomatoes Tops In Disease-Fighting Antioxidants
Columbus OH (SPX) Feb 28, 2007Deep red tomatoes get their rich color from lycopene, a disease-fighting antioxidant. A new study, however, suggests that a special variety of orange-colored tomatoes provide a different form of lycopene, one that our bodies may more readily use. Researchers found that eating spaghetti covered in sauce made from these orange tomatoes, called Tangerine tomatoes, caused a noticeable boost in this form of lycopene in participants' blood. Nanotech Promises Big Things For Poor But Will The Promises Hold Up 
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 28, 2007Nanotechnology has the potential to generate enormous health benefits for the more than five billion people living in the developing world," according to Dr. Peter A. Singer, senior scientist at the McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health and Professor of Medicine at University of Toronto. "Nanotechnology might provide less-industrialized countries with powerful new tools for diagnosing and treating disease, and might increase the availability of clean water." New Technology Removes Viruses From Drinking Water 
Newark DE (SPX) Feb 28, 2007University of Delaware researchers have developed an inexpensive, nonchlorine-based technology that can remove harmful microorganisms, including viruses, from drinking water. |
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