A new report points to an abundant supply of carbon-trapping rock in the US that could be used to help stabilize global warming.
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An experimental procedure that dramatically strengthens stem cells’ ability to regenerate damaged tissue could offer new hope to sufferers of muscle-wasting diseases such as myopathy and muscular dystrophy, according to researchers. The world-first procedure has been successfully used to regrow muscles in a mouse model, but it could be applied to all tissue-based illnesses in [...]
Biologists have identified all the genes expressed in the stem cells of Arabidopsis, a mustard-like plant that is a model for studying plant biology. The achievement paves the way to developing better varieties of crops and plants. Besides revealing the molecular pathways that stem cells employ, the discovery also can help scientists better understand why [...]
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Children who carry a gene strongly associated with obesity could offset its effect by eating a low energy density diet, according to new research.
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Climate change is already having a detectable impact on birds across Europe, according to new research. They have shown a strong link between recent population changes of individual species and their projected future range changes, associated with climate change, among a number of widespread and common European birds, including the goldfinch and the lesser spotted [...]
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Seeing the lip and face movements as a person speaks can improve your understanding of spoken words by as much as sixfold, according to researchers.
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Chemists have developed a way to assemble cells into 3-D microtissues and even tiny glands, much like snapping together toy building blocks to make a simple machine. Such microtissues could serve as niches for studying how cells, such as stem cells, work together. Or they could be assembled into larger structures as artificial, implantable organs.
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Virus-like particles offer a chicken egg-free method of producing influenza vaccines. Immunization with virus-like particles effectively protects mice from H5N1 influenza and could be an attractive mode of vaccination in humans.
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Scientists studying West Nile virus have shown that more diverse bird populations can help to buffer people against infection. Since the virus first spread to North America it has reached epidemic proportions and claimed over 1,100 human lives.
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Children with high blood pressure are not as good at complicated, goal-directed tasks, have more working memory problems and are not as adept at planning as their peers without hypertension, according to recent research. If they are both hypertensive and obese, they are also more likely to have anxiety and depression.
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