Archives - Friday 08 August 2008
Why dopamine freezes parkinson patients and drives drug addicts
Published on Friday 08 August 2008 - 22:44 - http://www.physorg.com/Parkinson's disease and drug addiction are polar opposite diseases, but both depend upon dopamine in the brain. Parkinson's patients don't have enough of it; drug addicts get too much of it....
Unlocking mystery of why dopamine freezes Parkinson's patients
Published on Friday 08 August 2008 - 22:21 - http://esciencenews.com/Parkinson's disease and drug addiction are polar opposite diseases, but both depend upon dopamine in the brain. Parkinson's patients don't have enough of it; drug addicts get too much of it....
Daily TIPs: Biking with Batteries, Tracking Your Cell, Tracking Stem Cells, & More
Published on Friday 08 August 2008 - 20:04 - http://www.xconomy.com/Electric Bikes Look More Appealing A new generation of electric bicycles hasnt quite caught on yet, but if gas prices continue to rise, they just might, one dealer tells the Chicago Sun Times....
Disease-Specific Stem Cell Lines Developed
Published on Friday 08 August 2008 - 18:46 - http://empowher.com/By Amanda Gardner HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Aug. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers in Massachusetts have succeeded in generating several disease-specific stem cell lines which should advance...
Stem cells may reveal root of diseases
Published on Friday 08 August 2008 - 17:49 - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/In what could be the first step toward recreating a disease in a Petri dish, scientists have created a new set of stem cell lines that contain the basic genetic components of 10 incurable diseases,...
Scientists produce stem cells for 10 diseases
Published on Friday 08 August 2008 - 17:34 - http://www.caymanmama.com/Tampa, Florida (CaymanMama.com) Harvard scientists say that they have produced stem cells for ten genetic disorders that will enable investigators to observe the diseases growing in the lab....
Recipe for cell reprogramming adds protein
Published on Friday 08 August 2008 - 15:48 - http://cancerfocus.net/A drug-like molecule called Wnt can be substituted for the cancer gene c-Myc, one of four genes added to adult cells to reprogram them to an embryonic-stem-cell-like state, according to...
Funds rise is good for whole island
Published on Friday 08 August 2008 - 15:29 - http://www.thisisguernsey.com/GUERNSEY’S growing funds business is not just good news for the finance industry, according to Treasury minister Charles Parkinson.
Stem Cells Created for 10 Disorders
Published on Friday 08 August 2008 - 15:26 - http://abcnews.go.com/Scientists grow stem cells for Parkinson's, Down syndrome, other disorders.
Scientists create stem cells for 10 disorders
Published on Friday 08 August 2008 - 14:45 - http://www.kentucky.com/Harvard scientists say they have created stems cells for 10 genetic disorders, which will allow researchers to watch the diseases develop in a lab dish. This early step, using a new technique,...
