Stegosaur plates and spikes for looks only, researchers say
...e paleontologists looked at the evolution of these skin growths in the thyreophoran family, which included the stegosaurs. The team obtained fossils from a half-dozen different species of thyreophorans, ranging from the stegosaurs' earliest ancestors - "armored" dinosaurs that lived 200 million years ago ...Fox Chase study shows that weakened T-cell receptor signals change T-cell lineage
...rate from the thymus to epithelial tissues such as skin and the linings of the lung. While their precise ...atory mice unable to make delta-gamma T cells heal skin injuries more slowly. "Immune surveillance, the body mechanism that detects potential cancers and de...Data confirm panitumumab single-agent antitumor activity in patients with mCRC
...his Phase 2 study, the most common side effect was skin toxicity (95 percent, 7 percent grade 3). Other side effects experienced by some patients were fatigue, nausea and mild diarrhea. One infusion reaction (grade 3) was reported per investigator assessment and the patient continued on full-dose panitum...Scientists generate patient-specific stem cells, Science study says
...d the nuclei from donated oocytes with nuclei from skin cells from male and female patients, ranging in ag...onal new lines resulted from nuclear transfer with skin cells of males or females and oocytes from biologically-unrelated females. Other improvements over ...Research marks giant step in potential of using stem cells to treat human disorders
...tic cells used from donor patients were grown from skin biopsies. These 11 lines were established from 31 artificially engineered cell constructs created by nuclear transfer. An average of 17 eggs were used for each stem cell line. Neither sex nor age of the nuclear donor appeared to influence success in ...The ultimate spa: embryonic body wash controls left-right development
...e symmetrical on the outside, but symmetry is only skin deep. Many body organs, such as the stomach, the heart and the liver, are tipped to the right or left side. So how does the developing embryo distinguish left from right? Salk scientists have now discovered that the foundations for the basic left-ri...Stem cell research at Weill Cornell, The Rockefeller University, and Sloan-Kettering
...ll types of the body; isolated stem cells from the skin of a mouse, and showed, for the first time, that a...onduct basic research with embryonic, neuronal and skin stem cells derived from laboratory mice, laboratory cultures of human adult skin stem cells, and hum...Vampires beware: Scripps scientists describe molecular basis of raw garlic's pungency
...cold channels on the nerve endings embedded in our skin open up, allowing an influx of positively charged calcium ions into the nerve cell. This influx causes a slight change in the electrical potential of the cell, and when enough channels are activated, the electrical signal causes the neuron to fire. ...Joslin Diabetes Center scientists find 'brown fat cells' hold clues for possible obesity treatments
...pid droplets, these big cells accumulate under the skin and around internal organs. By contrast, the main role of brown fat cells is to burn energy and generate heat. They contain small lipid droplets tucked between tiny energy factories called mitochondria. In mice, brown fat cells are found throughout t...Midday sun holds the key to good health
...nn Webb, supports claims that exposing unprotected skin to the sun for short periods helps the body to pro...redict when is the best time to expose unprotected skin to the sun in order to maximise Vitamin D production, but also for how long depending on location. ...Scientists use gene transfer technology and common virus to block neuropathic pain
...em. "When we inject our HSV gene carrier under the skin of a laboratory rat, the vector is taken up by sensory nerve terminals in the animal's skin and carried through the axon back to the sensory ganglia cell bodies next to the spinal cord," says ...Water quality a major focus of $14 million grant to the University of Arizona
...of the contaminant. Arsenic has been implicated in skin and bladder cancer, vascular disease, heart defects in newborns and diabetes. Arsenic can be filtered out of water. However, used arsenic-laden filters pose a waste disposal problem. If such filters are dumped in a landfill, the microorganisms in the...JCI table of contents July 1, 2005
...f increased TGF beta 1 and decreased TGFbetaRII in skin cells on skin tumorigenesis, The question is important as this combination of perturbations in the TGF-beta system...From memory formation during sleep to novel components for physics
... as well as a number of cancers such as leukaemia, skin cancer and various gynaecological and urological tumours. (Spokesperson: Prof. Hans-Georg Rammensee, Eberhard Karls University of Tbingen) Allergies have become a national disease in Germany, first and foremost the chronic lung disease asthma. Despit...Bacteria can survive for weeks on hospital surfaces
... infections can cause conditions ranging from mild skin infections to serious surgical wound infections, pneumonia or blood infections. "The potential of MRSA to be transferred from person to person, in large part, depends on its ability to survive on environmental surfaces," says researcher Kris Owens o...NC woman is now insulin-free after series of three islet cell transplants
... process but receives local anesthesia to numb the skin where the catheter is inserted. Most patients stay in the recovery area for a few hours, and are able to go home within a day or two. As in Annie's case, more than one transfusion of islet cells may be needed. "Islet transplantation has been in the ...FSU meteorologists' work may lead to better tracking of hurricanes
...let rays from the sun, which can cause sunburn and skin cancer in humans. Ozone close to the surface is a pollutant; on hot, humid days with little wind, it creates a haze, such as that over big cities, that is harmful to breathe. By using NASA's satellite Earth Probe/TOMS total ozone data, forecasters ca...Engineered skin offers clues to melanoma development
When it comes to the deadly skin cancer melanoma, studying functional tissue rather...l fellow Amy Adams, and colleagues generated human skin tissue containing cells selectively engineered to express specific mutations found in melanoma. They...Scientists streamline method for making key virus
...e and treatments for cervical, head, neck and some skin cancers. The new study on human papillomavirus by...head, neck and skin. In nature, the virus lurks in skin cells, where it uses a "stealth strategy" to evade the immune system. It hides, initially, in undiff...Mass production of human papillomavirus could lead to gains against cervical cancer
... about a quarter of head and neck cancers and some skin cancers. A more common, less virulent form of the virus causes genital warts. Using the new technique scientists can quickly produce a thousand times more infectious virus per culture dish than they could using conventional methods. Researchers are h...