UCSD forms stem cell collaboration with major Australian centers
... rival similar groups around the world. "This is a fantastic development that will underpin some really great research in the years ahead," he said. "Research achievements in embryonic stem cell science at Monash and the Australian Stem Cell Centre will combine well with the research excellence in adult neura...Even at small scales, the big decisions are made at the water cooler
...ch partially supported the work. "This really is a fantastic result, and could help us understand how brain cells work together to make decisions." Retinal ganglion cells have often shed light on the workings of the brain, since the ganglion cells share many characteristics of cells deeper inside the brain. Un...Hebrew University researchers uncover eight previously unknown species
... are only the beginning" of what promises to be "a fantastic biodiversity," said Dr. Hanan Dimentman of the Hebrew University Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, another of the researchers involved in the project. He said that he expects further exploration to reveal several other unique life forms...Frank Uhlmann of London Research Institute wins 'EMBO Gold'
...ular knowledge of cells and organisms. It has been fantastic to find myself doing research in this exciting environment. I very much enjoy participating in European science at many levels, so to get this recognition from EMBO makes me particularly happy." The EMBO Gold Medal and an award of 10,000 euro will ...Spin-out company seeks medicines from South American rain forests
...ncellor at Newcastle University, said: 'This is a fantastic opportunity to investigate Brazil's colossal biodiversity with our cutting edge technology. There is enormous potential for drug discovery in the rain forests, where there are millions of plant species, many of which produce bioactive chemicals.' Ro...Scientists discover new species of distinctive cloud-forest rodent
...nzoris, Virungas and Kinabalu, the Andes support a fantastic variety of habitats," said Bruce Patterson, MacArthur Curator of Mammals at The Field Museum. "These in turn support some of the richest faunas on the planet." The new rodent was discovered at an altitude of 6,200 feet. Little is known about its life...Novel salamander robot crawls its way up the evolutionary ladder
...ng the muscles from there," notes Ijspeert. "Its a fantastic solution for coordinating multiple degrees of freedom in a simple distributed way." Robots that could change their speed, direction, and gait based on simple remote signals, like living organisms, would be extremely useful in search and rescue operat...Why are there so many more species of insects? Because insects have been here longer
...ny insect groups like beetles and butterflies have fantastic numbers of species because these groups are so old. In contrast, less diverse groups, like mammals and birds, are evolutionarily younger. This is a surprisingly simple answer to a fundamental biological puzzle. They accumulated data from molecular ph...UF researchers awaken vision cells in blind mice
...s are much more difficult. What makes this test so fantastic is that it involves an animals natural response, and the results tell us that the animals brains are involved in the process, that they are actually seeing something." In addition to cones, which number about 6 million in the retina, the eyes rod c...University of Manchester researchers reveal clues to new genes behind rheumatoid arthritis
... Professor Worthington said: "The WTCCC has been a fantastic example of collaborative effort in the UK. It has taken us to the place we are now, more rapidly and efficiently than if we had tried to undertake this study on our own. "We had 2,000 DNA samples from patients with RA. By contacting other RA clinic...MU researchers to study the status of black bears in Missouri
...to be working on this project because it will be a fantastic learning experience for me. MU really encourages undergraduate participation in research, and I have been fortunate to receive support from the College of Arts and Science, as well as the Life Sciences Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program to co...Could fungal collection hold the key to new life-saving drugs?
...o be working with CABI and to have access to their fantastic source of fungal samples. We hope that this novel source of chemical diversity will contain new compounds that can be used to point the way to new drugs for serious diseases. CABI currently uses its fungal collection, along with the expertise of it...Cloned pigs help scientists towards a breakthrough in Alzheimer's
...birth of these transgenic pig models constitutes a fantastic success for us. It is also a demonstration of the excellent cross-disciplinary collaboration between the experts at both universities, she continues. - We now have evidence that our system is very well suited for the task of making disease models f...