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Learning from locusts: Study points toward new treatment for stroke and migraine

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A similarity in brain disturbance between insects and people suffering from migraines, stroke and epilepsy points the way toward new drug therapies to address these conditions.

Thu 2 Jul 09 from PhysOrg

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Researchers find new actions of neurochemicals (w/ Video)

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Although the tiny roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans has only 302 neurons in its entire nervous system, studies of this simple animal have significantly advanced our understanding ...

Thu 2 Jul 09 from PhysOrg

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A rush of blood to the head -- anger increases blood flow

Mental stress causes carotid artery dilation and increases brain blood flow. A series of ultrasound experiments, described in BioMed Central's open access journal Cardiovascular Ultrasound, ...

15 hours ago from PhysOrg

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Scientists find molecular differences between embryonic stem cells and reprogrammed skin cells

UCLA researchers have found that embryonic stem cells and skin cells reprogrammed into embryonic-like cells have inherent molecular differences, demonstrating for the first time that the two ...

Thu 2 Jul 09 from PhysOrg

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A Limb Regeneration Mystery Solved

Salamanders regrow limbs with less drastic cellular changes than previously thought.

Thu 2 Jul 09 from MIT Technology Review

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Blood stem cell growth factor reverses memory decline in mice

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A human growth factor that stimulates blood stem cells to proliferate in the bone marrow reverses memory impairment in mice genetically altered to develop Alzheimer's disease, researchers at ...

Wed 1 Jul 09 from PhysOrg

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Human cardiac master stem cells identified

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Harvard Stem Cell Institute researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have identified the earliest master human heart stem cell from human embryonic stem cells - ISL1+ progenitors ...

Wed 1 Jul 09 from PhysOrg

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Bioethicists lead call for public debates on future uses of stem cells

More than 40 scientists, bioethicists, lawyers and science journal editors are calling on their colleagues, policy makers and the public to begin developing guidelines for the research and reproductive ...

Thu 2 Jul 09 from PhysOrg

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Humans could regrow their own body parts like some amphibians claim scientists

Regenerating your own amputated arms and legs broken spines and even damaged brains is the stuff of superheroes but it could one day be a reality claim scientists.

Wed 1 Jul 09 from Telegraph.co.uk

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Blog - The Secret to Bats' Long Life Span?

A new study suggests that hardy proteins may be the key.

Wed 1 Jul 09 from MIT Technology Review

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