Preclinical safety study shows adipose-derived stem cells improve heart function after heart attack
... study are as follows: Infarcts were induced in 13 juvenile swine by balloon occlusion of the mid left anterior descending artery. Forty-eight hours after the infarction, adipose cells were harvested through a lipectomy, autologous regenerative cells were isolated, and the pigs were randomized to either an in...Protein is key to fatal disorder and normal cell function
DURHAM, N.C. The aberrant protein that causes juvenile Batten disease, a fatal neurodegenerative disorder...rstanding the role of cln3 has implications beyond juvenile Batten disease a rare, untreatable disorder -- because the protein is overproduced by cells in a nu...Muscling their way into the food chain: Zebra mussels alter fish populations in the Hudson River
...n the Hudson River have gathered long-term data on juvenile fish populations as a condition of withdrawing coo...that are a dietary staple of open-water larval and juvenile fish," Strayer comments. When mussel beds remove food particles, a byproduct is increased light pen...Studies show success of Mectizan partnerships
...tizan is safe for humans and effectively kills the juvenile form of Onchocerca volvulus. These parasites cause blinding eye lesions and the debilitating skin conditions associated with river blindness. In 1987, Merck formed the Mectizan Donation Program to oversee the donation of the drug to organizations and...Sea turtle health linked to contaminants
...Scientists took blood and fat samples from 48 live juvenile turtles captured in North Carolina waters and carried out clinical health assessments. Duke then worked with NIST researchers to measure the samples for concentrations of 80 different PCB and pesticide compounds. The research team found significant c...Tiny beetle wreaks havoc on Texas ornamental tree nurseries
...of trees, but seems to favor and do more damage to juvenile trees such as those found in tree nurseries. Less ...be infested by a single beetle or by hundreds. For juvenile trees, 1 to 3 years old, the infestation most often proves fatal. Mature trees are more likely to su...Fat cells heal skull defects in mice, Stanford research shows
...ch are isolated from fat pockets under the skin of juvenile or adult animals. They've found that the cells, also known as multipotent cells, can be coaxed in the laboratory to express the genes and characteristics of many other tissue types, including bone, cartilage and muscle cells. But it was not known if ...Researchers find evidence that sea turtles navigate with magnetic maps
...s based on magnetism. A report on experiments with juvenile green turtles appears in the April 29 issue of Nat...ing the direction in which they swam. "We captured juvenile turtles using a 400-meter net stretched parallel to the coastline," Catherine Lohmann said. "Each tu...Gene mutation found for a form of juvenile-onset motor neuron disease
...seven years of difficult work. While the inherited juvenile type of ALS is rare, Dr. Phillip Chance, UW professor of neurology and pediatrics, said that finding the mutated gene opens up avenues of investigation for motor neuron diseases in general. Learning more about the biological repercussions of the muta...Germ-free transparent fish open new window into gut development
...oping germ-free zebrafish that survived until late juvenile stages. They discovered that several biological processes were disturbed in germ-free zebrafish. These impairments were similar to those the team had documented previously in germ-free mice. For example, the ability to process nutrients was compromis...Gene links hereditary intestinal disorder with stroke danger
...al Center geneticists. The researchers have linked juvenile polyposis -- characterized by numerous intestinal ...d to stroke. The finding suggests that anyone with juvenile polyposis should undergo genetic screening, the researchers said. Physicians should then carefully m...MGH study finds female mammals produce egg cells into adulthood
...o maintain the ability to undergo cell division in juvenile and adult ovaries. A key stage in the development of any germ cell is meiosis, which results in egg or sperm cells with a single set of chromosomes instead of the paired sets found in most cells. Finding a protein that is only produced at the onse...Aquatic scientists divided on role of sea lice from salmon farms in decline of native salmon in B.C.
... multiply on the farms and are then transmitted to juvenile native salmon, causing recent drastic declines in ...ly occurring parasites that infect salmon only, on juvenile pink and chum salmon in British Columbia's Broughton Archipelago, a chain of islands between the mai...Increased temperature may prevent winter flounder from rebounding in east coast estuaries
... on the feeding behavior of sand shrimp preying on juvenile winter flounder. The study was funded by the Natio...many northwest Atlantic estuaries that are used by juvenile flounder as important nursery habitats. "We believe the increase in water temperature to be a crit...Parkinson's disease genetic study progresses with $8 million grant
...arkin gene only was involved in the development of juvenile Parkinson's disease and only when both copies of the parkin genes were abnormal. Researchers also narrowed the field of potential genes and believe they have found a gene on chromosome two that may be important in the development of the disease in f...Fish, FRAMES and sticky chemicals net technology award for Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
...s from remote locations. Scientific assistance for juvenile salmon: culvert test bed Roadway culverts present a major obstacle to juvenile salmon trying to reach prime habitat. To find more fish friendly designs, the Washington State Depar...DFG to establish seven new Clinical Research Units
... conditions among youngsters and children known to juvenile psychiatry. The cause of this complex genetic disorder, which eventually leads to a brain malfunction, remains very largely unresearched. The interdisciplinary Research Unit hopes to be able to find ways in which ADHD therapy can be made more effecti...Expedition will retrace legendary Steinbeck-Ricketts voyage to the Sea of Cortez
...nth, Gilly returned to Santa Rosalia to catch live juvenile squid in an attempt to keep them alive for observation in a portable holding tank. "We hired local fishermen to catch the smallest squid possible," he says. "Our goal is to keep them alive in the lab and to conduct studies on their respiration, physi...Genetic differences in termite castes may lead to better control
...ly and reproduce. "Termites have a hormone, called juvenile hormone, that is very important to insects during ...am found that if they treated worker termites with juvenile hormone, they became soldiers. They also found that in normal colonies some nymphs begin to develop ...Scientific study of twins shows forgiveness has genetic component
...ates of the contributions, from the North Carolina juvenile twin study, of genetic and environmental influences to the development of forgiveness in adolescence. 3. To show how forgiving behavior in adolescence relates to individual and family religious values and other aspects of social and anti-social behav...