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New Treatment for Chronic Pain after Spinal Cord Injury

New Rochelle, NY - Chronic neuropathic pain following a spinal cord injury is common and very difficult to treat, but a new therapeutic strategy requiring a one-time injection into the spinal column has potential to improve patient outcomes.
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Breakthrough in the development of a diagnostic test for oesophageal cancer

A team of scientists, led by the University of Liverpool, has made a major advance in the development of a diagnostic test for oesophageal cancer. ...
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Scripps Research and Technion Scientists Develop Biological Computer to Encrypt and Decipher Images

LA JOLLA, CA – Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute in California and the Technion–Israel Institute of Technology have developed a “biological computer” made entirely from biomolecules that is capable of deciphering images encrypted on DNA chips. ...
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Molecular Path from Internal Clock to Cells Controlling Rest and Activity Revealed in Penn Study

PHILADELPHIA – The molecular pathway that carries time-of-day signals from the body's internal clock to ultimately guide daily behavior is like a black box, says Amita Sehgal, PhD, the John Herr Musser Professor of Neuroscience and Co-Director, Comprehensive Neuroscience Center, at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. ...
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Individual differences in anthrax susceptibility discovered by scientists

BY KRISTA CONGER - Susceptibility to anthrax toxin is a heritable genetic trait that may vary tremendously among individuals, according to a new study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine....
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USF and Saneron find additional benefits of cord blood cells in mice modeling ALS

Repeated injections of human umbilical cord blood cells improved motor neuron survival, delayed disease progression, and increased lifespan...
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Hormel Institute study makes key finding in stem cell self-renewal

Institute's cancer research is published in top scientific journal...
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Medicine, microorganisms and Mexico

Biology major and Rhodes Scholar combines research and social service in the study of infectious diseases. ...
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Chemists Develop Faster, More Efficient Protein Labeling

North Carolina State University researchers have created specially engineered mammalian cells to provide a new “chemical handle” which will enable researchers to label proteins of interest more efficiently, without disrupting the normal function of the proteins themselves or the cells in which they are found....
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Rearranging the Cell's Skeleton

Small molecules at the cell’s membrane enable cell movement ...
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