Preclinical safety study shows adipose-derived stem cells improve heart function after heart attack
...stand and optimize dosing and efficacy in order to lay the foundation for clinical work." MacroPore Biosurgery and other investigators from around the world have shown that adipose tissue is a rich source of autologous regenerative cells. Adipose tissue-derived regenerative cells consist of (1) adult...A long-necked sea predator from China described in Science
...d Dinocephalosaurus may have ventured onto land to lay eggs. To breathe, Dinocephalosaurus probably held its neck parallel to the water's surface. Extending the head and neck vertically to gulp air would have been impossible because surrounding water pressure would have prevented the lungs from inflating...Prion propagation: Avoiding the toxic oligomer
...yloid plaques. The approaches outlined here should lay the foundation for exploring these questions in higher organisms. ...European common frog found to use novel mating strategy
...les of some frog species, the common frog will not lay eggs if clasped by two males. Since as many as one...r as much as two days of amplexus, the female will lay a clutch of eggs, which are immediately fertilized by the male. During this time, however, various m...A liking for sweets, combined with novelty seeking, may predict alcoholism
...ntext of what this means for a clinician and for a lay person, added Garbutt. First, this method is not being proposed as a means to diagnose alcoholism. Rather, I would view the significance of the findings as contributing to our ability to understand subtypes of alcoholics and that, in turn, could ha...The insect police: Why social insects punish cheating comrades
...n some social insect colonies, however, workers do lay unfertilised eggs - which develop into males - essentially "cheating" on the other workers who are investing in only the queen's reproduction. Such action can be severely penalized by other workers - in honeybees, where this behavior was first shown,...Endangered turtles' trek along ocean currents revealed by satellite
...th and weigh in at 365 kg - briefly come ashore to lay their eggs on beaches across French Guiana and nei...ea, one day to return when they reach maturity and lay eggs themselves. However each turtle's return is by no means certain. While in open water the ...Study: Mothers turn fearless when peptide level drops
...erms of biology, it makes sense that mothers would lay down their own lives to protect their offspring, especially if it means the parents' genes will be passed down to the next generation, says Gammie. But he adds that despite all the observations and the theories explaining why mothers display this beh...Ecologist calls for creation of an international panel to assess human behavior
...,'' Ehrlich explained. ''Behavioral scientists and lay persons alike must do that most difficult of all tasks - examine their own values, see how they relate to environmental sustainability and ask themselves whether their values are really leading to the sort of world they want for their descendents. Am...A changing landscape may have dire implications for birds
...as for brown-headed cowbirds, parasitic birds that lay eggs in other birds' nests. "Roads provide access and increased edges that nest predators including jays and crows use," Pidgeon says, "and we know from the work of others that an increase in predation accompanies an increase in housing density" as t...Forest fire sensor inspired by nature
...s fly in from far and wide, climb up the trees and lay their eggs in the smouldering bark. Since most other insect species tend to avoid freshly scorched areas, the jewel beetle larvae can develop with hardly any competition. The adult insects owe their sense of burning to clever sensory organs located o...Pump failure implicated in a form of dystonia
...lls of seven families with the disorder. The genes lay within the chromosomal region known to be linked to inheritance of the disease. The researchers pinpointed mutations in one particular gene, called ATP1A3, as common in all the families. This gene is the blueprint for a protein that is a key catalyti...Heat and exercise alone may not determine how much we sweat
...the prior bout by at least 48 hours: The subjects lay face up (supine) at the rear position of an adapted supine tandem cycle ergometer. Each subject remained in this position for 30 minutes while additional measurement devices were attached. After five minutes of baseline data collection, each subject ...New research suggests previously unrecognized mechanism by which blood vessels are patterned
...in the July 2004 issue of Developmental Cell - may lay the groundwork for discovering ways to diagnose and prevent CHD. In an accompanying article in Developmental Cell, Epstein and collaborators at the National Institutes of Health demonstrated the pathways that they have discovered are functional in d...Innovative efforts target epigenetics, molecular imaging
...sent two more key building blocks in our effort to lay the groundwork for new genomic approaches to the study of human biology and disease," said NHGRI Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. "As the newest participants in our CEGS Program, they are part of our effort to pull together researchers from d...Ecology drives the worldwide distribution of human diseases
... links between ecology and disease, however, could lay the foundation for effective preventive strategies....Why lung cancer in women is different from men
...ng with members of women's advocacy groups and the lay public. For more information on Loyola University Health System, log onto http://www.luhs.org ....Concerns remain about UVB damage to amphibians
...pes of behavior for specific reasons. Some species lay their eggs in warm, shallow waters because they are seeking sun and heat, and they need to hatch and grow quickly before the water evaporates or freezes. "Those types of behavior do not change overnight just because the Earth's atmosphere may have c......versity of Southern California, and his colleagues lay out their new perspective on the treatment of genetic disorders by discussing the potential ways to interfere with epigenetic gene silencing, and the ways in which that potential is already being exploited. "The fact that many human diseases, includi......city. The researchers plan to use the programme to lay the technically scientific foundations for using ultra-high power concrete. They believe that this material can be used not only to construct more filigreed building components and constructions and, therefore, a more appealing architecture, but also...