WORCESTER, Mass. -- Orthopedic surgeons are often hamstrung by less-than-ideal grafting material when performing surgeries for complex bone injuries resulting from trauma, aging or cancer.
Apr 5, 2010
AMES, Iowa -- Agronomists at Iowa State University are offering doubled haploid technology that allows corn breeders to more quickly produce inbred lines for research or private use.
Apr 5, 2010
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Whether it is about who gets to ride shotgun or who wore a shirt without asking, siblings fight.
Apr 5, 2010
Exercise is a magic drug for many people with depression and anxiety disorders, and it should be more widely prescribed by mental health care providers, according to researchers who analyzed the results of numerous published studies.
Apr 5, 2010
Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: PPHM) today announced the publication of data showing phosphatidylserine (PS)-targeting antibodies can block one of the key ways the AIDS virus gains entry into certain blood cells.
Apr 5, 2010
NEW YORK, April 5, 2010 -- Alpha cells in the pancreas, which do not produce insulin, can convert into insulin-producing beta cells, advancing the prospect of regenerating beta cells as a cure for type 1 diabetes.
Apr 5, 2010
Steroids are frequently used to treat moderate-to-severe lupus flares because they are highly effective and work quickly.
Apr 5, 2010
According to a new survey by Donate Life America, 43 percent of people are undecided, reluctant or do not wish to have their organs and tissue donated after their deaths.
Apr 4, 2010
WORCESTER, Mass. -- Most solid cancers can't grow beyond a limited size without an adequate blood supply and supporting vascular network.
Apr 4, 2010
Around the world carnivorous plants are on the decline, the victims of habitat loss, illegal poaching and pollution.
Apr 2, 2010
PORTLAND, Ore. ?April 2, 2010. Countless studies and reports exist describing how a landscape is impacted after logging Douglas-fir: What is the impact on the soil?
Apr 2, 2010
LOS ANGELES (April 1, 2010) -- While health policy researchers commonly suggest that geographic variations in the amount of medical care provided can be…
Apr 2, 2010
NEW YORK, NY (April 2) - New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Fellow, Christopher Fasano, PhD, of the New York Neural Stem Cell Institute, is lead author on a study that investigating human neural development.
Apr 1, 2010
COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y. (Thurs., April 1, 2010) -- The goal of tissue engineering is to recapitulate healthy human organs and tissue structures in culture, and then transplant them into patients, where they are fully integrated.
Apr 1, 2010
