Bone marrow cells routinely help with wound healing
...d it's tough. You cannot break your skin without a sharp object. The reason is because of the collagen content, a scaffolding that is very strong." ...Battle between bubbles might have started evolution
...experiments with artificial fatty acid sacs, is in sharp contrast to a current theory of the earliest evolution of cells, which suggests that cellular evolution was driven by primordial genetic machinery that actively synthesized cell membranes or otherwise influenced cell stability or division. The resea...MIT research that stops pain of needle jabs gets FDA approval
...d offer relief to children and adults who hate the sharp stab of pain that comes with needles and IVs. The medical device, called SonoPrep, uses an ultrasonic method created by MIT researchers to make skin temporarily more permeable. A painless 15-second treatment by the new device, followed by an applicat...Muscling their way into the food chain: Zebra mussels alter fish populations in the Hudson River
...ery for species like American shad, in the face of sharp population reductions, will be challenging. When a river's ability to support young fish changes, it becomes more difficult to develop and evaluate sound management strategies." Why are open-water fish and vegetated shoreline fish impacted so diffe...Bone, enamel, dentine, milk & saliva share gene family
...reatures developed backbones for internal support, sharp teeth for eating and protection, hard shells to protect developing young and milk to nurture them until they could use their teeth to catch and consume dinner. "Now we are going to look to see if these genes are expressed in embryos when and where t...Nanosphere announces genetic detection advance in Nature Biotechnology
...racteristics of gold nanoparticle probes result in sharp melting curves that enable dramatically improved sensitivity and specificity, with the ability to detect specific DNA sequences in highly complex DNA samples. Nanosphere launched Verigene TM ID, its optical detection system, in June 2003 for resear...20 May AAAS lecture: Computers that Respond to Human Emotion
...ight still pull its hand back when it encounters a sharp object; but it doesn't feel pain like you and I do." Picard will give an overview of her group's latest research on computers that both sense and respond to human emotions. Responding to her remarks will be Paul Root-Wolpe, senior faculty associate,...Mantis shrimp may have swiftest kick in the animal kingdom
...e in burrows and dart out to spear fish with their sharp appendages. Others roam the ocean floor in search of other crustaceans - crabs, clams and snails - and smash them open with their club-shaped front appendages. In captivity, these club-equipped stomatopods have been known to break the glass walls of ...A multi-institutional study may offer clues for the treatment of some autoimmune diseases
...id accumulation of dGTP in leukemic T-cells, and a sharp drop in leukemic cell counts. Oral administration of 10 mg/m 2 BCX-1777 solution to humans also produced an increase in plasma dGuo and inhibition of erythrocyte PNP with an apparent bioavailability of approximately 30 percent. Conclusions These...A new way to see DNA (and other tiny molecules)
...e with its contrast. Hu and Lu have also produced sharp images of fluorescing nanobeads, 40 nanometers diameter....Drug addiction, learning share common brain protein
...vement and emotional responses. Cocaine leads to a sharp increase in communication among nerve cells in the striatum that use dopamine as their chemical messenger. This brain chemical surge is responsible for the feeling of pleasure, or high, that leads drug users to crave more. "Drugs essentially hijac...Shark guide probes uncharted waters
.... So, our major challenge was tracking down photos sharp and distinctive enough to allow people to compare what they see in the book to what they see in the water." In addition to the photographs, the guide offers at-a-glance physical descriptions, habitat and distribution information, side-by-side compa...Pacific Northwest National Lab unveils most complete human blood-plasma proteome map to date
... confidently identify biomarkers and to bring into sharp focus proteins that are signs of trouble to come. Proteomics is akin to reading the proteins like tea leaves, minus the mystic, and generally involves measurements aimed at determining what proteins are present and at what levels. Smith's group has d...A shocking surprise: High voltage + rats = ozone, reopens power-line debate
...common phenomenon in which electrons escape from a sharp surface of an electrical conductor at high voltage...rom the surface. The tips can elongate and grow so sharp that droplets and even electrons can be ejected. Since most mammals are mostly water and produce sur...Scientist challenges interpretation of new find, the oldest primate fossil ever discovered
... smaller than any modern primate, and its size and sharp tooth cusps indicate that it was an insect-eater. But a "News & Views" commentary in the same issue of Nature by Dr. Martin disagrees with part of the authors' interpretation of their new find. Based on T. asiatica's small eye sockets relative t...Venom hunt finds 'harmless' snakes a potential danger
...y can still deliver their venom via their numerous sharp teeth," says Dr Fry. "But not all of these snakes are dangerous. It does mean, however, that we need to re-evaluate the relative danger of non-venomous snakes," he says. Dr Fry trekked from Madagascar to Melbourne, dived for sea snakes in the remote...Governing commons still a struggle, but fight not without hope, according to new report
... deal with conflict, because there are bound to be sharp differences in power and values across interested parties, and to allow for adaptation, because some current understanding is likely to be wrong, the scale of organization can shift, and biophysical and social systems change. In an online supplement ...Expedition will retrace legendary Steinbeck-Ricketts voyage to the Sea of Cortez
...s, commercial shrimping throughout the gulf was in sharp decline, largely because of overfishing. Gilly and his Mexican counterparts conducting field studies in the Baja fishing village of Santa Rosalia worry that a similar problem could lead to the collapse of the jumbo Humboldt squid population - now th...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, November 2003
...as unstable nuclei of tin-132. This approach is in sharp contrast to the conventional approach of smashing stable isotopes with high beam current to compensate for the lower probability for tunneling. Shapira and Liang's work, which was published in the Oct. 15 (Volume 91, No. 15) issue of Physical Review ...Scientists, physicians discuss latest discoveries for stopping cancer before it starts
...trange blessing that casts our life and purpose in sharp relief. Many [cancer patients] use their illness to find new meaning in their lives."The conference program includes early detection, with sessions dealing with genetics and new technologies capable of examining the nucleus of cells for changes that...