News tagged with cell populations
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Scientists visualize how bacteria talk to one another
Using imaging mass spectrometry, researchers at the University of California, San Diego have developed tools that will enable scientists to visualize how different cell populations of cells communicate. Their ...
Nov 08, 2009 |
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Study finds statistical error in large numbers of neuroscience papers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sander Nieuwenhuis and his associates from the Netherlands have done a study on one particular type of statistical error that apparently crops up in an inordinately large number of papers published in neuroscience ...
Sep 13, 2011 |
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Cell phones may be contributing to the honeybee population decline
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a new study published in Apidologie, Lausanne researcher and bee specialist Daniel Favre shares his findings of cell phones electromagnetic fields and their effects on the honeybee popula ...
May 18, 2011 |
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Turning back the cellular clock
Cell reprogramming calls The Curious Case of Benjamin Button to mind.
Jun 29, 2010 |
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Broccoli component limits breast cancer stem cells
A compound derived from broccoli could help prevent or treat breast cancer by targeting cancer stem cells -- the small number of cells that fuel a tumor's growth -- according to a new study from researchers at the University ...
May 03, 2010 |
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Surprises from the ocean: Marine plankton and ocean pH
The world's oceans support vast populations of single-celled organisms (phytoplankton) that are responsible, through photosynthesis, for removing about half of the carbon dioxide that is produced by burning fossil fuels – ...
Jun 21, 2011 |
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Zebrafish study with human heart implications
Bony fish like the tiny zebrafish have a remarkable ability that mammals can only dream of: if you lop off a chunk of their heart they swim sluggishly for a few days but within a month appear perfectly normal. ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 24, 2010 |
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Tiny hitchhikers attack cancer cells: Gold nanostars first to deliver drug directly to cancer cell nucleus
Nanotechnology offers powerful new possibilities for targeted cancer therapies, but the design challenges are many. Northwestern University scientists now are the first to develop a simple but specialized nanoparticle that ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 05, 2012 |
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Newly identified cell population key to immune response
Scientists from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute have identified the key immune cell population responsible for regulating the body's immune response.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 06, 2011 |
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Study reveals a genetic signature of autoimmune disease
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have identified a cellular genetic signature that predicts prognosis in two different autoimmune diseases. It is hoped the findings could one day help to guide therapy and might ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 20, 2010 |
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Distinguishing Single Cells With Nothing But Light
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Rochester have developed a novel optical technique that permits rapid analysis of single human immune cells using only light.
Apr 01, 2009 |
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New study resolves the mysterious origin of Merkel cells
A new study resolves a 130-year-old mystery over the developmental origin of specialized skin cells involved in touch sensation. The findings will appear in the October 5, 2009 issue of the Journal of Cell Bi ...
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Political polls changing as cell phones proliferate and land lines disappear
Political polling in the U.S. is undergoing significant changes because of the growing popularity of cell phones and the diminishing number of Americans with traditional land lines, says Brian F. Schaffner, a political scientist ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 20, 2010 |
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Neurons growing in line
In order to be able to understand complex organs such as the brain or the nervous system, simplified model systems are required. A group of German scientists led by the Frankfurt brain researcher Erin Schuman has successfully ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 15, 2010 |
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Nanoscale 'Fountain Pen' Draws Therapeutic Nanodiamonds
A research team at Northwestern University has developed a tool that can precisely deliver tiny doses of drug-carrying nanomaterials to individual cells. The tool, called the nanofountain probe, functions in two different ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 29, 2009 |
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