Press registration -- World Congress of Nephrology, April 21-25, 2007, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
...progression in diabetic nephropathy, and the often controversial issue of organ donation and allocation. The core scientific program for WCN 2007 is divided into eight themes with over 70 individual symposia and some 300 invited speakers that will present topics of key interest to both clinicians and investigators...Stem cells act through multiple mechanisms to benefit mice with neurodegenerative disease
..., for the firsttime, to compare those two types of controversial stem cellshead-to-head in the same model. The results, described in more detailbelow, in fact prove to be the first successful use of human embryonicstem cells in treating a degenerative disease, significantly preservingfunction and extending life. ...Penn researchers replace organ in adult mice using 'single-parent' stem cells
...ormally in an adult organ and could provide a less controversial alternative to the therapeutic cloning of embryonic stem cells. "Creating uniparental embryonic stem cells is actually much more efficient than generating embryonic stem cells by cloning," said K. John McLaughlin, an assistant professor in Penn's...Pourqui Lab clarifies mode of formation of spinal precursors
...qui Lab, is the lead author on a paper challenging controversial theories about the mode of formation of the vertebral column precursor, known as the paraxial mesoderm. The paper, "Dual mode of paraxial mesoderm formation during chick gastrulation," which was posted to the Web site of the Proceedings of the Na......ological research. One particularly successful but controversial approach has been to apply the neutral model, a body of theory trying to explain community patterns by modeling speciation, dispersal, and extinction of species as random, stochastic events. A new key review in the journal Ecography by Gotelli and M...Prehistoric origins of stomach ulcers uncovered
...y humans it makes it easier to examine some of the controversial questions about human migration. For example we could use our understanding of the bacteria's spread to gauge poorly understood human population shifts in Europe, Africa and Asia." ...Cloning the smell of the seaside
... Williamson, author of 'Tarka the Otter'. A more controversial figure from Siffkey's past was its rector, Rev Harold Davidson, who was defrocked in 1932 after allegedly 'cavorting with' London prostitutes. He later joined a circus and died after being mauled to death by a lion in Skegness. The UEA scientists are...Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology
... post-infection treatments have proven unreliable, controversial and expensive. In the study researchers instilled RSV in the eyes of mice and monitored the progression of infection. Results showed that RSV not only replicated robustly in the eye, but it also moved into the lung causing a respiratory disease ind...Paleontologists discover most primitive primate skeleton
... "Plesiadapiforms have long been one of the most controversial groups in mammalian phylogeny," said Michael J. Novacek, curator of paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History. "First, they are somewhere near primates and us. Second, historically they have offered tantalizing, but very often incomplete...Water theory is watertight, researchers say
...puzzled scientists for a long time. According to a controversial theoretical prediction, water near a hydrophobic surface will pull away and leave a thin layer of depleted water at the surface that is, water molecules at the interface will pack less tightly than usual. Now, a team of researchers at the University...What does the public really know about HPV?
...to accept vaccination. Because of the potentially controversial nature of the vaccine, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania's EPIC Center of Excellence in Cancer Communication Research assessed how its portrayal in the media would affect attitudes toward vaccination among women. The study was a part ...Growth factor signals influence balance between normal growth and cancerous growth
..., to avoid abnormally short stature. However, in a controversial usage, that growth hormone is also prescribed for some short but healthy children with normal IGF-I levels to increase their height. "Excess levels of growth hormone and IGF-I may have long-term health risks," said Dr. Grimberg. "This study shows the......r than at present. "There is some evidence still controversial that sea levels may briefly have been as much as 6 metres higher." The coastline of WA, being geologically stable, has a number of both living and fossil coral reefs along it, the results of the Leeuwin current bringing coral larvae down from Indon...Study suggests evolutionary link between diet, brain size in orangutans
...ay explain the smaller-than-normal brain size of a controversial 18,000-year-old skull recently found on the Indonesian island of Flores, Taylor and van Schaik said in their article. In announcing the find in 2004, the skull's discoverers suggested that the small-brained specimen represented a new dwarf early hum...Women's math performance affected by theories on sex differences: UBC researchers
...netic or experiential causes. Women and math is a controversial topic that led to the 2006 resignation of Lawrence Summers, the former president of Harvard who speculated that one of the potential reasons why women are represented less in math and science professions is that fewer women than men have the intrinsi...Global warming to be addressed at public forum
...um at Virginia Tech with a reputation for tackling controversial issues, will continue the trend with the literally heated and topical subject of global warming. Entitled "Changing Climate, Uncertain Future: Facing Global Warming," this day-long series of panels and discussions will be held on Thursday, Nov. 2, ...British cattle give TB to badgers, finds UC Davis expert
The controversial practice of killing wild badgers to preventtuberculosis in cattle is unlikely to succeed, according to a newstudy led by Rosie Woodroffe, an ecologist at the University ofCalifornia, Davis, and a member of Britain's Independent ScientificGroup on Cat...Inheriting a tendency to brain infection
...ew findings from researchers in France support the controversial idea that an error in a single gene is enough to dramatically alter an individual's susceptibility to certain infections. Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) international research scholar Jean-Laurent Casanova and Emmanuelle Jouanguy of the N...Groundbreaking study by Field Museum scientists explains mane variation in lions
... several longstanding misconceptions regarding the controversial topic of mane variability among wild lions. This comprehensive scientific assessment of mane variation--including "manelessness"--is a first and took nearly seven years to complete. According to the overall findings of the study, wild lions general...Scientists find popular acne drug leads to depression-related behavior in mice
...'s introduction in the early 1980s there have been controversial reports of depression and suicidal behavior that may have occurred in some people taking the drug. However, the biological mechanism by which this might happen has never been established. "Human studies concerning Accutane and depression have gener...