Could Minnesota forestry save the Siberian tiger?
...est Service, foresters will observe the successful regeneration of eastern white pine in Minnesota and hopefully u... Forest Resources Council, designed to improve the regeneration success of eastern white pine in Minnesota. This tour showcases the successful efforts to restore e...Laser treatment reduces scarring after heart attack
...r response to wounds, promoting healing and muscle regeneration after injury. Mitochondria are rod-like structures in the cytoplasm, the substance of the body of the cell in which most cell activities occur. Mitochondria serve as the center of cellular enzyme activity. In the study, researchers induced heart a......ss prairie, racing fires that groomed the land for regeneration were common phenomena. Today, less than 1 percent of the states land is defined as prairie, and only a fraction of that has escaped alterations through human activity. Nyberg has participated in or supervised more than 20 controlled prairie burns ...Researchers find new clues to nerve cell development
...s, such as abnormal development, ineffective nerve regeneration and even tumor metastasis."...Researchers discover gene responsible for cilia, lungs' natural cleaning system
...e lung to cleanse itself. Normal recovery involves regeneration of the ciliated cells by a repair process that is poorly understood. The bottom line of the research is that -- now that they have located a human gene "linked" to the appearance of ciliated cells -- they have created a new way of following when...Press invitation: The science of stem cells - December symposium at Imperial College
...onal Institute of Medical Research (UK), on neural regeneration Mr Tony Taylor, Head of the Gene Therapy, Genetics and Cloning Unit, Department of Health, on the Donaldson Committee report Julia Polak, Professor of Endocrine Pathology at Imperial College and director of the Imperial College Tissue Engineering Cen...Carolina scientists the first to identify and purify liver stem cells
A milestone for future liver regeneration via cellular therapy CHAPEL HILL - After studie... accomplishment marks a milestone for future liver regeneration through cellular therapy, a treatment that could drastically reduce the need for whole-organ transpl......ure these cells may be useful for tissue repair or regeneration and for treatment of degenerative diseases such as muscular dystrophy. "Although a great deal of work remains to be done, these results suggest great potential for the use of these cells in repair of damaged or degenerating tissues, or for generati...Vapor-recovery system captures and recycles air pollutants
...ion does not require an adsorbent drying step, the regeneration process can be faster and more energy efficient than conventional desorption techniques used with activated-carbon granules, Rood said. We can treat very dilute gas streams and provide a pure liquid effluent with this new device. The electrothermal ...Wolves in Yellowstone may aid aspen recovery
...nation of the wolf, we documented successful aspen regeneration for a period of at least 170 years.The ecological link between wolves, elk and aspen is being tested with continued research in Yellowstone Park. The study is comparing aspen growth and survival rates both inside and outside the territories of Yellow...Biotechnology research to grow from embryonic start
... research teams announced the isolation and stable regeneration of human ES cells in culture. Despite the great p...uripotent cells, and methods for the isolation and regeneration of human embryonic stem cells. It is likely that other complementary technologies will also be requi...UF researcher: gene therapy effective in animal studies of Parkinson's disease
...to the brain, researchers were able to trigger the regeneration of a critical bundle of nerve fibers. The new growth was linked to significant -- but not complete -- recovery of the animals' ability to use their paws spontaneously, said Ronald J. Mandel, a University of Florida scientist who was part of the team...Experiments point to new theory of skeletal development
...lications for understanding how to bring about the regeneration of normally patterned human digits after traumatic amputation."...By all measurements -- Indiana's forests are growing
... an additional 215 million trees have grown. Most regeneration in Indiana's hardwood timberlands occurs naturally, although some new trees are planted on open land being forested. Contrary to common belief, the growth of Indiana's trees exceeds removal by 2.5 times. Oak-hickory and maple-beech forests predomina...RX for Hawaii's dry forests: no cows and lots of hard work
...the dry forests, Cabin and his colleagues compared regeneration of canopy trees in the Kaupulehu Dry Forest Preser... two other factors that might suppress canopy tree regeneration in the dry forest fragments: they are overrun with non-native rodents and covered by non-native foun...Purdue researcher finds space fertile arena for gene transfers
...ierling says commercial genetic transformation and regeneration of whole plants now is limited by the the low success rates. "We hope to learn what makes space a more efficient environment for these experiments and then design equipment for use on earth to increase our efficiencies here," he says. The Purdue soyb...Researchers discover retinal stem cells in adult mammals
... adult mammalian eye, opening the door for retinal regeneration as a possible cure for damaged or diseased eyes. "Before our study, it wasn't known whether retinal regeneration was possible in adult mammals, especially humans," says Vincent Tropepe, a PhD student in U of T's d...... function of the specific genes necessary for limb regeneration in salamanders, a finding that may ultimately prov... to isolate and study cell activity at the site of regeneration in this amphibian animal, the only vertebrate life form that can grow back lost limbs. Susan V. Bry......a. The researchers studied how poaching affects regeneration of two palm species in central Panama. They studi...n that poachers will alter the natural pattern of regeneration for many plant species." In other words, there's no easy fix.......ay a vital role in triggering the differentiation, regeneration and apoptosis of cells. At the same time, this mat...they are also indispensable for the adaptation and regeneration of tissue and organs which are already fully formed. The scientists intend to conduct comparative st...