PODCAST: An eyeful
In the latest episode of the Nature Medicine podcast, researchers look into the cause of dry eye and why aggressive prostate tumors grow more deadly.
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Key Protein Allows Nerve Cells To Regenerate
The ability of nerve cells to regenerate relies on a key protein, suggested scientists from Pennsylvania State University in the US, who came across the unexpected discovery when they looked inside severely injured neurons. They hope their finding will help other researchers look for new treatments for nerve disease or damage.
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December 09, 2010
Studies from University of Oxford, Biomedical Research Center have provided new data on
HIV/AIDS
By NewsRx.com
Researchers detail in 'B-cell depletion reveals a role for antibodies in the control of chronic HIV-1 infection,' new data in HIV/AIDS. "HIV can be partially contained by host immunity and understanding the basis of this may inform vaccine design. The importance of B-cell function in long-term control is poorly understood," scientists in Oxford, the United Kingdom report (see also HIV/AIDS).
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December 10, 2010
Amid legal uncertainties, NIH approves more embryonic stem cells
The legal battle over whether taxpayer dollars can go toward human embryonic stem cells research continues to drag on, but the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) is not waiting for a final court decision before adding new cell lines to its list of those eligible for financial backing.
In August, a federal district judge issued a preliminary injunction against federally funded studies using such cells. But the nine-member working group tasked with determining whether embryonic stem cell lines are scientifically and ethically appropriate for federal backing has been “moving forward with our regular reviews” ever since an appeals court suspended the injunction in September, says the panel’s chair Jeffrey Botkin, a medical ethicist from the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City.
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People With Chronic Pain Face Complex Dilemmas And Life-changing Decisions
01 December 2010
Coping with chronic pain can affect every aspect of a person's life and cause conflict between what their mind wants to achieve and what their body allows them to do, according to research in the December issue of the...
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