News tagged with progenitors
Related topics: stem cells , cells
11.5 billion years old: Stellar archaeology traces Milky Way's history
(Phys.org) -- Unfortunately, stars don't have birth certificates. So, astronomers have a tough time figuring out their ages. Knowing a star's age is critical for understanding how our Milky Way galaxy built ...
May 30, 2012 |
4.5 / 5 (17) |
4
|
Skeletons point to Columbus voyage for syphilis origins
Skeletons don't lie. But sometimes they may mislead, as in the case of bones that reputedly showed evidence of syphilis in Europe and other parts of the Old World before Christopher Columbus made his historic voyage in 1492.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Dec 20, 2011 |
4.7 / 5 (14) |
9
|
Exploring the magnetic personalities of stars
(PhysOrg.com) -- Massive stars are inherently violent creatures-they burn, they churn, they turn, all the while creating and held hostage by constantly changing magnetic fields of almost unfathomable strength.
Mar 04, 2011 |
3.8 / 5 (14) |
79
|
New supernova remnant lights up
(PhysOrg.com) -- In 1987, light from an exploding star in a neighboring galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud, reached Earth. Named Supernova 1987A, it was the closest supernova explosion witnessed in almost ...
Jun 08, 2011 |
5 / 5 (10) |
37
|
Molecular imaging opens up a vast new world for neuroscience
Molecular imaging allows molecules in a living organism to be visualized, and provides a means of observing the distribution and behavior of molecules. One of the most exciting applications of this technology ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 06, 2010 |
5 / 5 (7) |
0
Gene identified that prevents stem cells from turning cancerous
Stem cells, the prodigious precursors of all the tissues in our body, can make almost anything, given the right circumstances. Including, unfortunately, cancer. Now research from Rockefeller University shows that having too ...
Oct 14, 2010 |
5 / 5 (7) |
0
To restore vision, implant preps and seeds a damaged eye
Researchers trying to restore vision damaged by disease have found promise in a tiny implant that sows seeds of new cells in the eye.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 26, 2010 |
4.7 / 5 (7) |
4
|
Coaxing new hair: Scientists work on perking up dormant follicles
When a man's hair stops growing back, it would be logical to assume his scalp has suffered a loss of stem cells, those versatile dynamos that have the ability to regenerate hair, blood, and other parts of the body.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 14, 2011 |
5 / 5 (6) |
2
New source discovered for the generation of nerve cells in the brain
The research group of Professor Magdalena Gotz of Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munich (Germany) has made a significant advance in understanding regeneration processes in the brain. The researchers ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 01, 2009 |
4.7 / 5 (6) |
0
Supplement your stem cells
A nutritional supplement could stimulate the production of stem cells integral for repairing the body. Research published in BioMed Central's open access Journal of Translational Medicine suggests that a commercially-available supple ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 07, 2010 |
3.9 / 5 (7) |
1
Cell microenvironments hold key to future stem cell therapies
Adult stem cells and their more committed kin, progenitor cells, are prized by medical researchers for their ability to produce different types of specialized cells. The potential of using these cells to repair ...
Feb 27, 2009 |
5 / 5 (5) |
0
Fossil find puts a face on early primates (w/ Video)
When paleontologist Iyad Zalmout went looking for fossil whales and dinosaurs in Saudi Arabia, he never expected to come face-to-face with a significant, early primate fossil.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jul 14, 2010 |
4.6 / 5 (5) |
2
|
Low-carb diets linked to atherosclerosis and impaired blood vessel growth
(PhysOrg.com) -- Even as low-carbohydrate/high-protein diets have proven successful at helping individuals rapidly lose weight, little is known about the diets' long-term effects on vascular health.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 24, 2009 |
4 / 5 (5) |
4
Bone marrow can harbor HIV-infected cells (w/ Video)
University of Michigan scientists have identified a new reservoir for hidden HIV-infected cells that can serve as a factory for new infections. The findings, which appear online March 7 in Nature Medicine, indicate a new ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Mar 07, 2010 |
4.8 / 5 (4) |
2
|
Irradiating stem cell niche doubles survival in brain cancer patients
Patients with deadly glioblastomas who received high doses of radiation that hit a portion of the brain that harbors neural stem cells had double the progression-free survival time as patients who had lower doses or no radiation ...
Jul 23, 2010 |
4.8 / 5 (4) |
0
|
