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Researchers identify a critical growth factor that stimulates sperm stem cells to thrive

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine and Pennsylvania State University have identified for the first time a specific "niche factor" in the mouse testes called colony stimulating factor ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Living with females extends the reproductive life of the male mouse

Living with a female mouse can extend the reproductive life of a male mouse by as much as 20 percent, according to a study conducted by Ralph Brinster and a team of other researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School ...

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Current focus of veterinary medical profession leaves research, food security, public health needs underserved

Without immediate action, a new National Research Council report warns, the academic veterinary community could fail to prepare the next generation of veterinarians for faculty teaching and research positions as well as for ...

Biology / Other

created May 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pet? Companion animal? Ethicists say term matters

(AP) -- Are you the "owner" of a dog or cat? Maybe you should consider yourself a "human caregiver" instead. And Fido and Fluffy? Perhaps they should be "companion animals," not just "pets."

Other Sciences / Other

created May 04, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 5

Frog embryo research leads to new understanding of cardiac development

During embryonic development, cells migrate to their eventual location in the adult body plan and begin to differentiate into specific cell types. Thanks to new research at the University of Pennsylvania, ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Horse-dragon and colossal iguana: Scientists identify new beaked herbivorous dinosaurs

(PhysOrg.com) -- Paleontologists from the University of Pennsylvania and the Utah Geological Survey have described two skeletons representing two new species of beaked herbivorous dinosaurs, known as iguanodonts, ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 23, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New role for protein molecule that inhibits response of immune-system cells

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have identified a new role for a protein molecule that inhibits the response of immune-system cells to inflammatory signals associated with many human diseases.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 09, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'SpectroPen' could aid surgeons in detecting edges of tumors

Biomedical engineers are developing a hand-held device called a SpectroPen that could help surgeons see the edges of tumors in human patients in real time during surgery.

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Oct 11, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers reveal similarities between fish and humans

A study at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine has identified the function of one of the earliest antibodies in the animal kingdom, an ancient immunoglobulin that helps explain the ...

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 10, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A collaboration solves the herpes virus protein structure providing new drug therapy directions

The mechanism by which a herpes virus invades cells has remained a mystery to scientists, but now research from Tufts University and the University of Pennsylvania reveals the unusual structure of a key member ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 26, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'Grinding mouth, wrinkle eye': New species of plant-eating dinosaur

A team of paleontologists, including a University of Pennsylvania doctoral candidate, has described a new species of dinosaur based upon an incomplete skeleton found in western New Mexico. The new species, ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 26, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Gene therapy sets stage for new treatments for inherited blindness, researchers say

Veterinary vision scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have safely and successfully used a viral vector in targeting a class of photoreceptors of the retina called rods, a critical first step in developing ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Apr 29, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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