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| Sep 22, 2011 |
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| UC San Diego biologists discover genes that repair nerves after injury |
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Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have identified more than 70 genes that play a role in regenerating nerves after injury, providing biomedical researchers with a valuable set of genetic leads for use in developing therapies to repair spinal cord injuries and other common Read More... |
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| Source: EurekAlert - Biology |
| Sep 22, 2011 |
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| Penn researchers find a new twist in a blindness-causing disease gene |
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PHILADELPHIA — After more than three decades of research, University of Pennsylvania veterinarians and vision-research scientists, with associates at Cornell University, have identified a gene responsible for a blindness-inducing disease that afflicts dogs. In the process, the Penn scie Read More... |
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| Source: EurekAlert - Biology |
| Sep 22, 2011 |
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| Stem cells, potential source of cancer-fighting T cells |
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Adult stem cells from mice converted to antigen-specific T cells -- the immune cells that fight cancer tumor cells -- show promise in cancer immunotherapy and may lead to a simpler, more efficient way to use the body's immune system to fight cancer, according to Penn State College of Medicine Read More... |
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| Source: EurekAlert - Biology |
| Sep 22, 2011 |
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| How Our Liver Kills 'Killer Cells' |
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ScienceDaily (Sep. 22, 2011) — Our livers can fight back against the immune system -- reducing organ rejection but also making us more susceptible to liver disease. Scientists at the Centenary Institute in Sydney have seen for the first time (in mice) how the liver goes independent, eng Read More... |
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| Source: Science Daily |
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